Fun Facts about Aragona Village
 

Aragona Village was established in Princess Anne County seven years before the town of Virginia Beach merged with Princess Anne County.

Aragona Village was named for its developer, John Aragona, who was born in Cerenzia, Italy.  He came to the United States at the age of 17 and worked as a carpenter for $1.50 a day in New York, before migrating to Tidewater, Virginia.

Aragona Village was designed as a middle-income community of 900 acres that had been a dairy farm in Princess Anne County. Ground breaking for Aragona Village began in 1955, and in 1956, residents began moving in.  It was the largest sub-division in Tidewater  when it was developed.

Four models were named for species of ducks like the Mallard, Teal and Canvasback.

Homebuyers walked or drove over muddy roads  (there were no paved streets) until they found the model and the lot they wanted. Buyers were required to make a down payment of $100. to reserve a lot and home.  By 1960, there were 3,200 families living in Aragona Village.

In December 1961, when the Norfolk City Council threatened to cut off water to portions of Princess Anne County, during the controversy over annexation or merger, Earl W. Kingsbury, an Aragona Village resident, was quoted as saying “They are squirting a water pistol at us.  Let’s merge.”

In the early 1960s, the Davis Corner Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad protected Aragona Village for a contribution of “a penny a day.”

The first Little League in Virginia Beach was organized in Aragona Village, with more than 1,000 persons turning out for the beginning of the 1959 season.

Aragona Village also had the first Garden Club in the city.

The first Civic League was formed by almost 200 residents in 1969 – to protest an increase in sewer fees.

William R. O’Brien, who was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1979, was known as “Buster” when he was a football star growing up in Aragona Village.  O’Brien later was sworn in as circuit court judge in Virginia Beach.

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A home on Tyson Road sold for $217,000 in the summer of 2005.·   A home on Tyson Road sold for $325,000 in 2021. 

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All public schools serving Aragona Village have met Virginia’s academic Standards of  Learning (SOLs).