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Waterford was established around 1733 by Amos Janney, a Quaker from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.Janney purchased 400 acres (1.6 km 2) on the south fork of Catoctin Creek and established a grist mill and saw mill in the area in the 1740s.
VA 199 crosses the boundary between the city of Williamsburg and James City County twice more before leaving the city limits for good prior to the intersection with Brookwood Drive. [1] [4] VA 199 curves to the east and crosses College Creek before a combined intersection and interchange with VA 132 (Henry Street) and Colonial Parkway. VA 199 ...
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. [ 1 ] There are 99 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 7 National Historic Landmarks .
Taylorstown was transformed from a small settlement into a thriving agricultural community over about a hundred years. The greatest catalyst for growth was farming and milling (there were at least three mills in the area) and to some extent iron mining from the local Furnace Mountain, which attracted miners during the late 18th and early 19th century.
SR 360 as Mountain Road in Halifax. SR 360 begins at a four-way intersection with US 58 Business, US 360, and SR 293 just north of the Dan River and downtown Danville. US 58 Business heads west as Riverside Drive toward Martinsville and east on River Street concurrent toward South Boston with US 360, which also has its western terminus at this intersection.
2.4 miles (3.9 km) southwest of Spring Mills; also east of Nowlins Mill Rd., 3,500 feet (1,100 m) south of its junction with Red Oak School Rd. Spring Mills: Second set of boundaries represents a boundary increase of May 26, 1994: 4
The Quaker Hill Historic District encompasses the center a mainly residential village in northeastern Waterford, Connecticut.Running in a mostly linear fashion along Old Norwich Road between Connecticut Route 32 and Richard Grove Road, the area first grew as a settlement of religious non-conformists in the 17th century, developed in the 19th century as a small industrial village, and became ...
Downer's Crossing was a place to cross the Mattaponi River when the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad arrived in October 1836. By 1837, the town was named Woodford's Lane.