Pughsville is served by Nansemond River High School.
The actor James Avery, whose main parts include Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Shredder on TMNT 1987 was born there.
Pughsville Park has a playground and looping trail.
Pughsville is home to the New Hope Baptist Church.
A 1949 report from a union meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey lists a Veneer Box and Barrel Workers Union in Pughsville.