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Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River . As of the 2020 census , the population was 24,727. [ 2 ]
Goochland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Goochland County, Virginia, United States. [1] The population as of the 2020 census was 899, up from 861 in 2010. [ 2 ] The community is also known as Goochland Courthouse or by an alternative spelling, Goochland Court House .
Goochland High School; All five of Goochland's schools have been fully-accredited by the state for over a decade. In 2018 and 2019, Niche.com rated Goochland County Public Schools the #1 school division in the Richmond metro-region. [3] Goochland High School has been recognized for its strong athletics program in addition to strong academics.
Goochland County Court Square is a historic county courthouse and national historic district located at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It includes three contributing buildings and one contributing site. The Goochland County Court House was built in 1826 by Dabney Cosby, an architect of the area.
One French settlement in Powhatan County became known as Manakin Town (after the native tribe); [7] two villages in Goochland were Manakin and Sabot. Virginia government officials welcomed the refugees, as many of them were ex-aristocrats and noblemen with education and wealth, which they had brought with them on their emigration from France.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Cabell was born on March 13, 1730, near Licking Hole Creek in what was then vast Goochland County, Virginia.The firstborn son of physician, planter and surveyor William Cabell (1699–1774), who had emigrated from Warminister, England, and his wife the former Elizabeth Burks (1705–1756), he would have younger brothers Joseph Cabell (1730-1798), John Cabell (1735-1815) and Nicholas Cabell ...
Buildings and structures in Goochland County, Virginia (4 C, 13 P) E. Education in Goochland County, Virginia (3 P) G. Geography of Goochland County, Virginia (2 C, 1 ...