Talk:Buckroe Beach

Was the trolley line Hampton & Langley Feilds or Newport News & Old Point Ry & Electric Co.?

Question answered see below:

It was the Newport News & Hampton Ry Gas & Electric Co. I have a pamphlett describing the routes and what to see along the way, with a map dated 1914.

There is a postcard from 1907 showing a C&O excursion train from Richmond unloading passengers at the beach, with a 4-4-0 for power, a wooden baggage car, and roughly 7 coaches. Other postcards show company trollies at various locations in both Newport Hews and Hampton, including Old Point Comfort.

The electric Hampton and Langley Field Ry served exactly what was stated in the title. It ran from Brights Creek near the C&O's Hampton station along what is now King St., to Langley Field. There is very little evidence of its route left today, however. The most visible evidence is the remains of the wooden trestle across the Southwest Branch of back River, going onto the base at the King St gate. There are some older telephone poles along the route with some ornate lighting fixtures, and railroad spikes driven into them, that MAY have been from that operation.

Russell Underwood

Name of Community

I thought the community was called Buckroe, and Buckroe Beach was the beach at Buckroe. Shouldn't the article simply be "Buckroe"? DeknMike (talk) 17:10, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 21 August 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to Buckroe Beach, in accordance with WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE, another RM can be opened if anybody desires to keep the state in the title. (closed by non-admin page mover) ASUKITE 13:24, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

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Buckroe Beach, Hampton, Virginia → Buckroe Beach, VirginiaBuckroe Beach, Virginia – In accordance with WP:USPLACE, there is no requirement for the city or county name of a location to be placed in article titles for a place that was a former census-designated place. I'd primarily support a move to Buckroe Beach since there is no other subject that would need disambiguation from this title, but I'd rather nominate the title that would most likely get accepted by administrators. Vataxevader (talk) 18:11, 21 August 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 19:42, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Virginia has been notified of this discussion. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 19:42, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

• Move to Buckroe Beach per WP:CONCISE. Neighborhoods don't need the state per USPLACE, and Buckroe Beach doesn't need the city (Hampton) because it needs no disambiguation. Buckroe Beach aleady redirects here and has since an undiscussed move in 2006. Station1 (talk) 05:42, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
• Support move to Buckroe Beach as the concise choice, with Buckroe Beach, Virginia as an acceptable alternative. Clearly no need for the city name to be in the title.--Mojo Hand (talk) 13:56, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
• Don't remove "Virginia"; that would be contrary to WP:USPLACE. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:27, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

  USPLACE applies to cities, towns, villages, CDPs, etc., but neighborhoods (unofficial subdivisions of cities) often use just their common name, or name, city when disambiguation is required. See Category:Neighborhoods in Atlanta or Category:Neighborhoods in Miami for example. Station1 (talk) 05:36, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.