Everettsville, Virginia

Everettsville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.[1]

Everettsville
Everettsville
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Everettsville
Everettsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°00′49″N 78°22′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAlbemarle
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1675248[1]

In the mid-19th century, it was a point along the stagecoach route between Richmond and Staunton.[2] Nicholas Trist's wife and children briefly took up residence here in early 1829 as they awaited word to follow Trist to Washington.[3]

References

  1. "Everettsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. Brent, Robert Arthur (1950). Nicholas Philip Trist: Biography of a Disobedient Diplomat. Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia. pp. 61–62.


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