Wakefield and Pipsico
Five miles north is Wakefield, owned by the first Benjamin Harrison as early as 1635. Seven miles northeast is Pipsico, named for a noted Indian chief. In 1608 an Indian village was in that vicinity.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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