Gordonsville, Virginia Gordonsville, Virginia Location of Gordonsville, Virginia Location of Gordonsville, Virginia Gordonsville is a town in Orange County in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
The town jubilated its bicentennial in 2013, two hundred years after small-town innkeeper Nathaniel Gordon was assigned the area's first postmaster, thus officially creating the region known as Gordonsville.
It was strategically meaningful during the Civil War, due to its locale on the Virginia Central Railroad. The building was known as Gordon's Tavern, Gordon Tavern and later as Gordon Inn.
Gordon was titled the first postmaster of the region in 1813, and the region became known as Gordonsville.
At the time of Gordon's death in 1820, Gordonsville had, in addition to the tavern, a postal service, a several homes, a general mercantile store and a blacksmith shop.
The later division and sale of lots from this property, and the assembly of contiguous roads, would foster expansion of the town up to and amid the Civil War.
In 1839, the General Assembly authorized the extension of the Louisa Railroad (later the Virginia Central Railroad) from Louisa Courthouse to Gordonsville, which ushered in expansion and prosperity for Gordonsville.
In 1854, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad instead of its line into Gordonsville, connecting the region with northern portion of Virginia.
Over the next several years, both barns lines were extended, increasing Gordonsville's part as a transit hub.
It is now known as the Civil War Exchange Museum and is arguably the most historically and architecturally momentous building in Gordonsville. Gordonsville and the barns s which intersected there were of vital importance to the Confederacy for troop mobility and supplies.
Hill spent time in Gordonsville.
Gordonsville was threatened many times but was always successfully defended by the Confederates.
The Civil War ended in 1865 and with Gordonsville being largely unscathed, traveler rail service was quickly reestablished. Gordonsville was officially incorporated into a town in 1870 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly. The populace then was roughly 1,500.
Gordonsville had the unique reputation as a fast-food emporium in the 1870s, with an active market of food vendors serving rail passengers as they stopped in the town.
As alternative rail lines and roads were constructed bypassing Gordonsville, it morphed into a quiet, non-urban market town.
In the early 1970s, following the 100-year anniversary of the town's incorporation, a nonprofit organization titled Historic Gordonsville Inc.
As of August 2013, the business owned a large number of properties downtown, including the Exchange Hotel. Their renovation and preservation accomplishments have helped maintain the historic commercial core of Gordonsville.
House Bill 847 was passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1996, which revised 10.1-2212 of the Virginia Code to add Historic Gordonsville, Inc.
To the listing of historical societies eligible to receive appropriations from the Virginia Department of Historical Resources.
The Gordonsville Historic District, Black Meadow, Exchange Hotel, and Rocklands are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic precinct and the Exchange Hotel are both inside the town limits of Gordonsville; Black Meadow and Rocklands are nearby.
Gordonsville is positioned at 38 8 5 N 78 11 13 W (38.134628, -78.187068). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km ), all of which is land.
Census, there were 1,496 citizens , 632 homeholds, and 388 families living in the town.
Out of the 632 homeholds, 26.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 38.0% were married couples residing together, 18.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present and 38.6% were non-family homeholds.
The age distribution of Gordonsville's populace was 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Gordonsville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Gordonsville town, Virginia".
"Gordonsville During the Civil War".
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.
"National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form: Gordonsville Historic District." "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Exchange Hotel." Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Legislative Services.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Gordonsville, Virginia "Gordonsville During the Civil War." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gordonsville, Virginia.
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