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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Beaverdam
is a small
unincorporated community
in
Hanover County
in the central region of the
U.S. state
of
Virginia
. The community was named after the
beaver dams
in the area.
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It is the location of four historic locations listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
:
Scotchtown
, a residence of
Patrick Henry
, the
Beaverdam Depot
,
Dewberry
, and
Trinity Church
.
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It was also the childhood home of
Thomas Nelson Page
, a notable author and American diplomat in the 20th century.
Consisting primarily of farmland, today it is an outlying
suburb
of
Richmond
. The railroad still passes through, operated by the
Buckingham Branch Railroad
, a Virginia-based
short line railroad
.
Beaverdam Elementary School
of
Hanover County Public Schools
celebrated their centennial anniversary in 2006.
The former
New York Jet
,
Damien Woody
, lives here.
U. S. Racing Hall of Fame
jockey
Ted Atkinson
(1916-2005) made his home in Beaverdam.
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