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2. Amherst County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada". In 1807 as population increased, the county was reduced in size in order to form Nelson County. Tobacco was the major cash crop of the county during its early years.

3. Amherst, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   GNIS feature ID. 1498447 [ 4 ] Website. Official website. Amherst (formerly Dearborn) is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] It is the county seat of Amherst County. [ 6 ] Amherst is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

4. Edgewood, 1818 (Amherst, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Edgewood, 1818 (Amherst, Virginia) /  37.58361°N 79.05556°W  / 37.58361; -79.05556. Edgewood, also known as Higginbotham House, is a historic home located at 138 Garland Avenue in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1818, by Arthur B. Davies a local attorney and Amherst County Court Clerk. It is a two-story, seven-bay, T ...

5. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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   Coordinates: 37°24′57″N 79°7′11″W. The Virginia State Colony for the Epileptics and Feeble Minded was a state run institution for those considered to be “ Feeble minded ” or those with severe mental impairment. The colony opened in 1910 near Lynchburg, Virginia, in Madison Heights with the goal of isolating those with mental ...

6. Winton (Clifford, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Winton is a historic home located at Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. It is a two-story, late- Georgian, frame structure with three bays on the main facade, several additions to the rear, and a prominent two-story portico. It is said to have been built by Colonel Joseph Cabell (1732-1798) in about 1770, who sold Winton to his friend Colonel ...

7. Elon Village Library - Wikipedia

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   November 22, 2016. The Elon Public Library is a historic public library building at Camden and Younger Drives in Amherst, Virginia. It is a modest vernacular single story wood-frame structure with a gabled roof. It was built in 1918, and was the Amherst County's first rural free library. It served as a lending library for the surrounding area ...