The Vardy Community School was a Presbyterian mission school established in the Vardy community of Hancock County, Tennessee, United States, in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. At the time of its founding, the school was the only institution providing primary education to children of the multi-racial Melungeon communities, who lived in the remote mountainous areas along the Tennessee-Virginia border.
Ruins of the Vardy Community School
Vardy Presbyterian Church, completed in 1899
Chester F. Leonard Manse, built in 1921
Teacher's cottage, next to the Vardy Community School
Hancock County, Tennessee
Hancock County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,662, making it the fourth-least populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Sneedville.
Hancock County Courthouse in Sneedville
Elrod Falls in Hancock County