Scottsville, VA

Headnote
Scottsville is on the N. bank of the James River canal, 20 miles from Charlottesville, and 79 from Richmond. It is the largest and most nourishing village on the canal, between Richmond and Lynchburg, and does a heavy business; it contains 1 Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, and 1 Reformed Baptist church, and about 160 houses. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Albemarle County, VA

Scottsville, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Scottsville is on the N. bank of the James River canal, 20 miles from Charlottesville, and 79 from Richmond. It is the largest and most nourishing village on the canal, between Richmond and Lynchburg, and does a heavy business; it contains 1 Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, and 1 Reformed Baptist church, and about 160 houses.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 164.
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