Fluvanna County/Goochland County

Fluvanna County/Goochland County is a Virginia historical marker in Fluvanna County, dedicated 1928.

Broad Street Road, at county line

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Fluvanna County Formed in 1777 from Albemarle. Named (in Latin) Anne's River, the early name of the Upper James given in honor of Queen Anne. Point of Fork was an important supply depot in 1781. Goochland County Formed in 1727 from Henrico, and named for William Gooch, Governor of Virginia 1727-49. Cornwallis and Lafayette passed through this county in 1781.

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1733 · A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent… (Princeton University Library)
1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1781 · MARCH of the ARMY under Lieut:t General EARL CORNWALLIS in VIRGINIA, from the JUNCTION at… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Seat of war in Virginia (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering the location of Fluvanna County/Goochland County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Fluvanna County/Goochland County

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