Vision Statement

Our vision is to develop Timberneck Farm as a preservation development blending the historical, agricultural, recreational, ecological, marine and wildlife resources into a low density community that will replicate rural farm life on the Virginia Middle Peninsula by surrounding active farmland with architecturally controlled waterfront and waterview homesites.

Located in Gloucester County on the northern banks of the York River, Timberneck encompasses 1100 acres within 10 minutes of historic Yorktown and 30 minutes from Williamsburg via the Colonial Parkway.  Gloucester County's history actually dates from just after the 1607 settlement of Jamestown when settlers explored the Virginia Peninsula and crossed the York into what is now the County.  Chief Powhatan's fortress was located very near Timberneck Farm and more likely than not he frequently traversed the land.  Gloucester Point, just a short boat ride down river and just across the river from Yorktown, is the site of the "Second Surrender" by General Charles Lord Cornwallis to General George Washington in 1781.

Timberneck Farm's development encompasses the spirit of Gloucester's current motto of "the land of life worth living" and as proclaimed by Captain John Smith "heaven and earth never framed a better place for man's habitation".

Rising quickly above and overlooking more than 400 acres of perpetually protected islands and marshland adjacent to the York and Poplar Creek known as the Catlett Islands, the highland of Timberneck Farm is bounded on the east by Timberneck Creek and on the west by Cedarbush Creek.  Located around the perimeter of the highland outside of the rural farm road on naturally created points and banks are a limited number of wooded  waterview and waterfront homesites, as well as open and wooded walking trails and observation decks overseeing portions of the Catlett Islands, Timberneck Creek, beautiful sunsets, wildlife habitats and other vistas.  Inside the farm road is a farm actively managed by experienced farmers versed in raising corn, wheat and soybeans using no till farming practices.  Also inside the road are riding trails, pastures and other amenities for equestrian use as well as a managed stand of established tress and newly planted forest of long leaf pines.

An attractive private boat landing with slips up to twenty-five feet and floating docks suitable for launching canoes and kayaks and an associated parking area will exist on Timberneck Creek providing easy and adequate passage to the York River. Many lots on Timberneck Creek and Cedarbush Creek will be eligible for private boat docks subject to prior permitting by Gloucester County, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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