Everettsville, Virginia
Everettsville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.[1] It was named for Dr. Charles Everett who in 1821 bought the 400-acre tract called Pouncey's of the Shadwell tract from Thomas Jefferson. He more than doubled his property to more than 1,000 acres.[2][3] The area became known as Everettsville.[2]
Everettsville | |
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  Everettsville Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia  Everettsville Everettsville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′49″N 78°22′28″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Albemarle |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1675248[1] |
In the mid-19th century, it was a point along the stagecoach route between Richmond and Staunton.[4] Nicholas Trist's wife and children briefly took up residence here in early 1829 as they awaited word to follow Trist to Washington.[5]
References
- "Everettsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- "Charles Everett". Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- Diamond, Jane (November 2, 2017). "Patriots in Pandenarium: An Albemarle Plantation, a Free Pennsylvania Settlement, and the U.S. Colored Troops". John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- Route #289Smith, John Calvin (1847). The Illustrated Hand-book, a New Guide for travelers through the United States of America. New York City: Sherman & Smith. pp. 132.
- Brent, Robert Arthur (1950). Nicholas Philip Trist: Biography of a Disobedient Diplomat. Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia. pp. 61–62.
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