Bumpass, Virginia

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Bumpass, Virginia
Unincorporated area
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Bumpass
Coordinates: 37°57′49″N77°44′14″W / 37.96361°N 77.73722°W / 37.96361; -77.73722
Country United States
State Virginia
County Louisa
Elevation
328 ft (100 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
23024 [1]
GNIS feature ID1464090 [2]

Bumpass is an unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. [3] Its post office [4] is still in service. National Historical Places registered in Bumpass include the Duke House and Jerdone Castle. [5] The latter is a plantation (now lakefront) where George Washington spent the night on June 10 during his 1791 Southern tour. [6]

The community was named for John T. Bumpass, one of the first postmasters in the area. [7] The surname "Bumpass" in turn derives from the French bonpass, meaning "good passage". [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Post Offices by County: Louisa County, Virginia". Postmaster Finder. United States Postal Service. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bumpass". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ "Bumpass, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bumpass VA post office
  5. ↑ NPS.gov (2018). "Virginia - List View". Find a Park. National Park Service. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bingham, Warren (2016). George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN   9781467119795.
  7. 1 2 "Odd town names often result of egos". Daily Press . Harrisonburg, Virginia. Associated Press. December 29, 1992. p. 13. Retrieved May 6, 2020.


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