Louisa County / Fluvanna County
Louisa County. Located in the heart of the Virginia Piedmont,
this rural county was named for Louisa,
a daughter of George II. It was formed
from Hanover county in 1742, the county
seat is Louisa. Among the county’s historic
resources is the Green Springs Historic
District including Boswell’s Tavern, which
was used on one occasion during the
Revolution as headquarters of the Marquis
de Lafayette. Other landmarks include
the monumental Louisa bounty courthouse
and the old jail.
Fluvanna County
takes its name from an 18th-century term for the upper James River. The name, meaning river of Anne, was originally bestowed in honor of England’s Queen Anne. The county was formed from Albemarle County in 1777. Among the county’s outstanding architectural and historic resources are those included in the Bremo Historic District (Upper Bremo, Lower Bremo, and Recess) along with those in the Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District. There at the county seat of Palmyra, a temple-form courthouse design by Gen. John Hartwell Cocke dominates a small cluster of court structures.
Marker is on James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) just south of Three Notch Road (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
