Bumpass, Virginia

Bumpass, Virginia
Bumpass, Virginia
Unincorporated area
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	Coordinates: 37°57′49″N 77°44′14″W / 37.96361°N 77.73722°W
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
GNIS feature ID	1464090

Bumpass is an unincorporated area 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 [ edit ]

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

External links [ edit ]

Chronology of the C&Os Piedmont Sub, Bumpass (Site about Bumpass, Virginia)

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[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 .

[egos-7] "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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v t e Municipalities and communities of Goochland County, Virginia , United States
County seat : Goochland
Towns	Goochland Mineral	Map of Virginia highlighting Goochland County
CDP	Blue Ridge Shores
Unincorporated communities	Bumpass Cuckoo Dabneys Gum Spring Orchid Poindexter Quail Trevilians Twin Oaks Community Zion Crossroads ‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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