Ballsville, Virginia

Last updated

Ballsville
USA Virginia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Ballsville
Location within the state of Virginia
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Ballsville
Ballsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°29′55″N78°04′01″W / 37.49861°N 78.06694°W / 37.49861; -78.06694
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Powhatan
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1462755 [1]

Ballsville is an unincorporated community in Powhatan County, Virginia. The community is located approximately forty miles due west of Richmond. It is on Virginia State Route 13 between Powhatan, Virginia and Cumberland, Virginia.

It is not to be confused with the fictional town of Ballsville found at ballsville.com , which was a publicity stunt for the band Korn, debuted in conjunction with the music video for their song Hold On.

Blenheim and French's Tavern and the Allen's are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] Ballsville, Virginia was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moseley, Virginia</span> Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Moseley is an unincorporated area in Powhatan and Chesterfield counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The United States Post Office for the community is located at 21431 Hull Street Road, with a ZIP code of 23120. Many upper-middle class communities have been built in the area in previous years such as Magnolia Green, Summer Lake, Westerleigh and FoxFire. It is bordered to the east by the census-designated place of Woodlake.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia</span>

Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parkersburg Bridge (CSX)</span> Bridge in Parkersburg, West Virginia

The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans: 25 deck plate girder, 14 deck truss, 6 through truss, and 1 through plate girder. 50,000 cubic yards (38,000 m3) of stone were used for the 53 piers. The bridge was constructed from May 1869 to January 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At the time of its completion, the bridge was reportedly the longest in the world at 7,140 feet (2,180 m).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East End (Richmond, Virginia)</span>

The East End of Richmond, Virginia is the quadrant of the City of Richmond, Virginia, and more loosely the Richmond metropolitan area, east of the downtown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wingina, Virginia</span> Unincorporated community in Virginia, US

Wingina is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Powhatan County, Virginia</span>

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Powhatan County, Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petersburg Union Station</span> Former railway station in Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg Union Station is a former train station in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1909–1910 for the Norfolk and Western Railway, and was later used by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Amtrak.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fine Creek Mills Historic District</span> Historic district in Virginia, United States

Fine Creek Mills Historic District encompasses a historic mill-centered community in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Fine Creek Mills is an unincorporated community in Powhatan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Flat Rock is an unincorporated community in Powhatan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Flatrock was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917.

Macon is an unincorporated community in Powhatan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Macon was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. It is on the new Virginia State Route 13 between Powhatan, Virginia, and Cumberland, Virginia, from 1918 to today.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tobaccoville, Virginia</span> Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Tobaccoville is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Powhatan County, Virginia. Tobaccoville was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. A magazine notice for renting the "Indian Camp" farm advertised that the farm was near the Tobaccoville station of the Tidewater and Western Railroad. This would help the tenant farmer get dairy products to market. Since 1918, Tobaccoville is on Virginia State Route 13 at the T-intersection with Clement Town Road, between Powhatan, Virginia and Cumberland, Virginia. It consists of a convenience store with gasoline pumps and a volunteer fire department station, along with several houses and farmland.

McRae is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. McRae was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. It is on the new Virginia State Route 45 between Cumberland, Virginia and Farmville, Virginia today.

Raines Tavern is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County on Virginia State Route 45 just north of Farmville, Virginia, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905, and on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917.

Sunny Side is an unincorporated community in Buckingham and Cumberland counties, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Sunny Side was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. It is on the new Virginia State Route 13 between Powhatan, Virginia and Cumberland, Virginia from 1918 to today.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beach Station (Chesterfield, Virginia)</span> United States historic place

Beach Station a national historic district located near Chesterfield, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The district includes six contributing buildings and one contributing site in the Village of Beach. They were all constructed about 1890 and are two single-family dwellings, a post office, a railway depot, an outbuilding, two railroad shanties, and the ruins of the former general store. Beach Station was accessible from the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad later named the Tidewater and Western Railroad. Leasing arrangements had been made with the Brighthope Railway company which was sold to become the Farmville and Powhatan. The district represents an unusual collection of late-nineteenth-century buildings in their historic surroundings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Powhatan Rural Historic District</span> Historic district in Virginia, United States

Powhatan Rural Historic District, formerly "Powhatan Hill Plantation" and before that "Hopyard Plantation", is a national historic district located near King George, King George County, Virginia. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in a rural area near King George. The district represents a significant reassemblage of the land holdings of Edward Thornton Tayloe, a member of the U.S. diplomatic service under Joel Roberts Poinsett, in the mid-19th century and one of Virginia's most affluent planters of that era; who inherited it from his father John Tayloe III, who built The Octagon House in Washington DC, and it was known then as 'Hopyard,' he inherited it from his father John Tayloe II who built the grand colonial estate Mount Airy. It contains three distinct historic residential farm clusters as well as two post-1950 stable complexes and several other auxiliary residential and agricultural buildings. The main house, known as Powhatan, is sited prominently on a ridge overlooking the Rappahannock River valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">French's Tavern</span> Historic house in Virginia, United States

French's Tavern, also known as Swan's Creek Plantation, Indian Camp, Harris's Store, and The Coleman Place, is a historic house and tavern located near Ballsville, Powhatan County, Virginia. The two-story, frame building complex is in five distinct sections, with the earliest dated to about 1730. The sections consist of the main block, the wing, the annex, the hyphen and galleries. It was built as the manor home for a large plantation, and operated as an ordinary in the first half of the 19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red Lane Tavern</span> Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States

Red Lane Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located at Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a 1 1/2-story, log building set on a brick foundation. The main block has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. It has a 1 1/2-story kitchen connect to the main block by a one-story addition. The building housed an ordinary from 1836 to 1845. It is representative of a Tidewater South folk house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farmville and Powhatan Railroad</span>

In 1886, Randolph Harrison, of the Virginia department of Agriculture, cited Cumberland Mining Company, stating that businessmen would soon open a hotel at Lithia Springs, Farmville, VA for people seeking the healing waters. The Brighthope railway would be extended to bring them there. But instead, the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Company built the narrow gauge rails through Cumberland County and the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Company bought the Brighthope Railway, so the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad made the connection. In 1890, Beach Station was built with a railroad depot, some railroad shanties, a general store and an owner's house, the George Perdue House as a stop on the line.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ballsville, Virginia
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.