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[1] [2] Palo Alto is located 11.4 miles (18.3 km) east-northeast of Monterey, Virginia on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River. The confluence of Spring Run with the South Fork South Branch Potomac River occurs near the community and Highland County's border with Pendleton County, West Virginia is located less than 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km ...
State Route 245 (SR 245) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Old Tavern Road, the state highway runs 3.27 miles (5.26 km) from U.S. Route 17 (US 17) at Old Tavern north to SR 55 in The Plains in northern Fauquier County. SR 245 is a Virginia Byway.
The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central Virginia.
Hanover: 15: Hanover Meeting House: Hanover Meeting House: September 4, 1991 : 6411 Heatherwood Dr. [6: Mechanicsville: Site of the first non-Anglican church in Virginia 16: Hanover Town: Hanover Town: September 17, 1974
The development of Ramona Street, named after the 1884 novel Ramona, [2] was an early successful attempt to expand laterally the central commercial district. Pedro Joseph de Lemos , a craftsman, graphic artist and curator of the Stanford Museum had been concerned with the larger scale and somewhat linear development along University Avenue.
John Shelton built Rural Plains in 1670. A subsequent John Shelton, the tavern keeper at Hanover Court House, was the father of Sarah Shelton, who married the statesman Patrick Henry in 1754. [5] Shelton family, as well as popular, lore state that this marriage took place in the house's first floor parlor, though evidence cannot confirm this ...
Scotchtown is a plantation located in Hanover County, Virginia, that from 1771 to 1778 was owned and used as a residence by U.S. Founding Father Patrick Henry, his wife Sarah and their children. He was a revolutionary and elected in 1778 as the first Governor of Virginia .
Maryland Route 245 (MD 245) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Hollywood Road, the state highway runs 7.55 miles (12.15 km) from MD 5 and Washington Street in Leonardtown north to Steer Horn Neck Road near Hollywood. MD 245 connects Leonardtown with MD 235 in Hollywood in central St. Mary's County ...