Naptha, Virginia

Naptha is an unincorporated community located in Brunswick County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

It has also been called Crossroads, VA.

The Abernathy family were one of the 5 families that founded Brunswick county.

in the early 1920s Robert Abernathy built a country store at the intersection of Poor House and Liberty roads across from the Crossroads School.

The store closed in the late 1980s. The old school (now a storage barn) was destroyed by fire in the 1990s.

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Naptha, Virginia

36°49′45″N 77°50′27″W / 36.82917°N 77.84083°W / 36.82917; -77.84083

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