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Virginia State Route 124 (1937-1943)
The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Fredericksburg District (VDOT District 6) of the U.S. state of Virginia. SR 124 State Route 124 connected SR 30 in Port Richmond (now within West Point limits) to the former Port Richmond Airport along present SR 701 (Euclid Boulevard). The first was added to the state highway system in 1930 as State Route 625, which was extended the remaining to the airport in 1932. SR 625 became SR 219 in the 1933 renumbering, but when US 219 entered Virginia in 1937 (and replaced SR 124), SR 219 became SR 124. SR 124 was downgraded to secondary in 1943 after the airport was abandoned. SR 199 State Route 199 followed current secondary SR 684 from US 360 at Millers Tavern east across US 17 at Center Cross to the Rappahannock River at Bowlers Wharf. , from Millers Tavern almost to Center Cross, was added to the state highway system in 1928 as State Route 604, which was extended the rest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of VDOT District 6
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Department Of Highways
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is the agency of the U.S. state, state government responsible for transportation in the state of Virginia in the United States. VDOT is headquartered at the Virginia Department of Highways Building in downtown Richmond. VDOT is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the roads, bridges, and tunnels in the commonwealth (U.S. state), commonwealth. It is overseen by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which has the power to fund airports, seaports, rail transport, rail, and public transportation. VDOT's revised annual Virginia Department of Transportation#Budget, budget for fiscal year 2019 is $5.4 billion. VDOT has a workforce of about 7,500 full-time employees. Responsibilities VDOT operates and maintains: * Roads: VDOT's largest responsibility is the maintenance of roads. Filling potholes, storm drain cleaning, water drainage, guard rail replacement, bridge work, tree removal, and trash removal, as well as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paytes, VA
Paytes is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The community is marked at the intersection of Lawyer's Road (Route 601) and Catharpin Road (Route 608) by an electrical substation owned by Rappahannock Electric Co-op. A telecommunications tower was approved to be built on the site to expand cell coverage in the area on February 28, 2001. The community stretches east from this intersection along Catharpin Road until it splits at a fork into two separate roads: West Catharpin Road, which continues to carry the Route 608 designation, heading east towards Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Post Oak Road (Route 606), heading east towards Post Oak (intersection with State Route 208 at Spotsylvania High School/Post Oak Middle School). Craig's Baptist Church/Community Center is located near the intersection of Catharpin Road with Craig's Church Lane (Route 684), which lies between the 601/608 intersection to the west and the Y-split of 608/606 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo, VA
Margo is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Margo was the location of Daniel Westenburgs political thriller "The boays a total erse" about the Enron scandal and coprophagous US senators. References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Spotsylvania County, Virginia {{SpotsylvaniaCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Oak, VA
Post Oak is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Post Oak is located near the intersection of Courthouse Road and Post Oak Road. Post Oak Middle School, Virginia and Spotsylvania High School are less than one-half mile away. A farm is next to Post Oak. Today, there is a supermarket located about two miles from Post Oak. Located on Post Oak rd. within the Post Oak community is Calvary Baptist Church. See also * Spotsylvania County * Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ... References External links Unincorporated communities in Spotsylvania County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{SpotsylvaniaCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 738 (Spotsylvania County)
State Route 738 (SR 738) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a Byrd Road Act, secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 738. List References External links {{commons category, Virginia State Route 738 Secondary state highways in Virginia, 738 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 51 (1933-1950)
This is a partial list of secondary state highways in the U.S. state of Virginia. The numbers begin with 600 and can go into five digits in populous counties such as Fairfax County. The same number can be, and usually is, assigned to secondary roads in multiple counties. Because of the sheer number of secondary routes, this list is not intended to be a complete list. ''For information about the creation and history of Virginia's Secondary Roads System, see article Byrd Road Act.'' Secondary highways SR 600 to SR 699 SR 700 to SR 799 Additional routes SR 703 (Northampton County) State Route 703 in Northampton County is a secondary state highway. Also known as Butler's Bluff Drive, it begins at Kiptopeke Drive and loops around to Arlington Road. SR 704 (Northampton County) State Route 704 in Northampton County is a secondary state highway. Also known as Kiptopeke Drive, it begins at the Lankford Highway in Kiptopeke and continues into Kiptopeke State Park. SR 711 (Chest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snell, VA
Snell is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County Spotsylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the July 2021 estimate, the population was 143,676. Its county seat is Spotsylvania Courthouse. History At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that bec ..., in the U.S. state of Virginia. References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Spotsylvania County, Virginia {{SpotsylvaniaCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Census
The United States census of 1940, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people. The census date of record was April 1, 1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were five years before, highest educational grade achieved, and information about wages. This census introduced sampling techniques; one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939. This was the first census in which every state (48) had a population greater than 100,000. Census questions The 1940 census collected the following information: * address * home owned or rented ** if owned, value ** if rented, monthly rent * whether on a farm * name * relationship to head of household * sex * race * age * marital status * school attendance * educational attainment * birthplace * if f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR 2 (VA)
State Route 2 (SR 2), formerly State Route 50 (SR 50), is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 301 in Richmond north to US 1 Business, US 17 Business, and SR 3 Business in Fredericksburg. SR 2 connects Richmond and Fredericksburg via Bowling Green. The state highway runs concurrently with US 301 from Richmond to Bowling Green and with US 17 Business in the Fredericksburg area. Route description SR 2 begins at an intersection with US 1 and US 301 at the northern edge of Richmond. Southbound US 1 and US 301 head south along Chamberlayne Avenue toward downtown Richmond. Northbound US 1 heads west on Azalea Avenue then turns north onto Brook Road a few blocks to the west. SR 2 and US 301 head north on Chamberlayne Avenue, a four-lane divided highway that becomes Chamberlayne Road upon entering Henrico County. A short distance north of the city limits, the carriageways split, with the southbound lane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodford, VA
Woodford is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located primarily along Route 626 northwest of Bowling Green. History Downer's Crossing was a place to cross the Mattaponi River The Mattaponi River is a tributary of the York River estuary in eastern Virginia in the United States. History Historically, the Mattaponi River has been known by a variety of names and alternate spellings, including ''Mat-ta-pa-ment'', Matapa ... when the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad arrived in October 1836. By 1837, the town was named Woodford's Lane. Passengers who wanted to board the train would wave a handkerchief during the day or wave a light at night. The train did not usually stop at Woodford. With the general store, post office and train, the town began to grow from 30 citizens in the first decade of the 1900s to over a hundred by 1925. A main reason was the mill to produce excelsior, a product made from soft pines to pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornburg, VA
Thornburg is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Thornburg is centered on the intersection of the Jefferson Davis Highway ( U.S. 1) with Morris, Mudd Tavern, and South Roxbury Mill Roads. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Thornburg has also been known as Mudd Tavern and Thornsburg throughout its history. The town is located near Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ... exit 118, where several motels and travel-related businesses exist. References External links Unincorporated communities in Spotsylvania County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{SpotsylvaniaCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
