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Hanover County was the site of Civil War battles due to its location between Richmond and northern Virginia, including the Seven Days Battles of the Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864. [3] The incorporated town of Ashland is located within Hanover County.
Hanover is located in northeastern Hanover County, south of the Pamunkey River, which forms the border with Caroline County. U.S. Route 301 passes through the center of the CDP, leading south 18 miles (29 km) to the center of Richmond and north 20 miles (32 km) to Bowling Green. Virginia State Route 54 leads west 6 miles (10 km) to Ashland.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
English: This is a locator map showing Hanover County in Virginia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
It is the location of four historic locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Scotchtown, a residence of Patrick Henry, the Beaverdam Depot, Dewberry, and Trinity Church. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was also the childhood home of Thomas Nelson Page , a notable author and American diplomat in the 20th century.
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The population was 39,482 during the 2020 census, [2] up from 36,348 in the 2010 census. [3]
Montpelier is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the central region of the U.S. state of Virginia.Montpelier is on U.S. Route 33, which was long named as "the Mountain Road" between Richmond and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Cold Harbor is a historic district in Hanover County, Virginia. [1] Originally a crossroads, the site was the location of the Battle of Cold Harbor in May-June 1864, during the American Civil War. [2]