Wenona

… community in S Washington County on the N shoulder of Dogwood Ridge on East Dismal Swamp. Est. after A. E. Rice purchased 160 acres of land there and built a house in 1912. Other settlers then purchased land from Roper Lumber Company and settled; by 1914, a school was built. A post office was est. there in 1913; closed 1955. Settlers came there from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio.