Ottoman, Virginia

Ottoman, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Hartswell Baptist Church on River Road
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Coordinates: 37°42′07″N76°31′12″W / 37.70194°N 76.52000°W / 37.70194; -76.52000
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Lancaster
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

Ottoman is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County located on the Northern Neck of the Rappahannock River in the U.S. state of Virginia. ^[1]

Locustville, a historic plantation house built in 1855, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. ^[2]

Notable people

The American educator Claybrook Cottingham was born in Ottoman in 1881. ^[3] Also a native of the town was diplomat George H. Steuart, who was born there in 1907. ^[4] His father, the physician George H. Steuart lived in Ottoman until his death in 1945. ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ottoman, Virginia
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. "Cottingham, Claybrook C." A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
4. Nelker, p.53

Bibliography

• Nelker, Gladys P, The Clan Steuart, Genealogical publishing, 1970.