Ladysmith is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Caroline County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
. It is located along
US 1
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and
SR 639 (former
SR 229), northwest of
Ruther Glen and west of
I-95
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exit 110. The community contains attractions such as the Pendleton Golf Club, which is addressed as being in Ruther Glen.
History
A post office called Ladysmith has been in operation since 1928. The community may have been named after
Ladysmith, in South Africa. A more likely scenario is that the community was given the name of Clara Smith‘s mother, original owner of the site.
Notable people
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William Clark
William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Misso ...
(born 1770 in Ladysmith), explorer and politician
References
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Caroline County, Virginia
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