Two miles east, on Route 600, meets what is possibly the nation's oldest continuous Sunday School. Begun by William Elliott in his home in 1785, it was moved in 1816 to Burton's Chapel and in 1870 to the present church.
This first play recorded in the United States was presented August 27, 1665. The Accomack County Court at Pungoteague heard charges against three men "for acting a play," ordered inspection of costumes and script, but found the men "not guilty."