Huguenot Settlement

Huguenot Settlement is a Virginia historical marker in Powhatan County, dedicated 1989.

Powhatan County · dedicated 1989 · Rte. 711, 0.3 miles east of Manakin Town Ferry Road

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Huguenots, the largest single group of French Protestant refugees to come to Virginia, settled near here on the site of a deserted Monacan Indian village during the period 1700-1701. In 1700, the Virginia General Assembly established King William Parish, also known as Huguenot Parish. The Huguenots established a church at this site now known as the Manakin Episcopal Church.

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More markers nearby

Mowhemcho - Manakin Townsame spot
Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemeteryunder 1 mi
Huguenot Settlement2 mi
First Baptist Church, Manakin3 mi

On the National Register nearby

Huguenot Memorial Chapel and Monument210 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.