Old Rustburg
The place was named for Jeremiah Rust, who patented land here in 1780. The first courthouse of Campbell County was built here in 1783; the present building was erected about 1848. The old "Fountain Hotel" was built in 1795 and has been conducted by the Finch family ever since.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.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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