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People from Louisa, Virginia (15 P) Pages in category "People from Louisa County, Virginia" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Location of Louisa County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisa County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The funeral home was featured on a postcard, which is part of the Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection at the Boston Public Library. [7] A mortician bought the building in 2008. [8] In 2010, the main building was converted into 14 apartments. [9] In March of 2022, a five-story apartment building was approved to be built in the funeral home's ...
Louisa is also home to the Acorn Community, a rural, cooperative, income sharing community on about 80 acres, founded in 1993 by one of the founding members of Twin Oaks, Kat Kincade. Another newly forming community as of 2011 is the Living Energy Farm , a 'neo- Amish ' farm, where no fossil fuels will be used but new technologies such as solar ...
Louisa is also home to the Twin Oaks Community, an intentional community of 100 people living on 465 acres (1.88 km 2). The community has been in Louisa since 1967. The 2011 Virginia earthquake had its epicenter just 7 miles (11 kilometers) south-southeast of Louisa. [14]
Sarann Knight-Preddy (July 27, 1920 – December 22, 2014) was an American business leader and gaming pioneer in the U.S. state of Nevada. In 1950, she became the "first and only woman of color to receive a gaming license" in the state. [ 1 ]
Cuckoo is a small unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. It is located about eight miles southeast of Louisa , roughly between Charlottesville and Richmond . The Cuckoo Tavern stood nearby, which in 1781 was the beginning of Jack Jouett 's ride to warn the Colonists of the arrival of Banastre Tarleton 's British ...