Bath County

Formed from Montgomery County, 1811. Named for its many mineral springs. The birthplace of CSA Gen. John B. Hood and US Senator Richard H. Menefee. Owingsville named for Col. Thomas D. Owings. Organizer US 28th Inf. Reg., 1812. Associate in ...

Bath County / Rockbridge County

(East Facing Side):Bath County

Area 545 Square MilesFormed in 1790 from Augusta, Greenbrier, and Botetourt, and probably named for the town of Bath in England. The warm springs and hot springs are in this county.

(West Facing Side):Rockbridge County

Area 616 Square MilesFormed ...

Early Bath County Courthouses

Bath County was formed in 1790 from parts of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. The county court first met here on 10 May 1791 at the house of John Lewis's widow Margaret, who donated two acres opposite the mineral baths ...

The County Seat of Bath

After 112 years in buildings near the Warm

Springs mineral baths a mile northeast, the

Bath County Court moved to this site in 1908.

The architect, Frank P. Milburn, predicted the

new courthouse would be “an honor and ornament

to Bath County for generations.” It ...