VA-Z197 Powhatan County

Marker text: POWHATAN COUNTY

Area 273 Square Miles

Formed in 1777 from Cumberland and Chesterfield and named for Powhatan, the noted Indian ruler. Many Huguenots settled in this county, 1699-1700. Here Robert E. Lee spent the summer of 1865.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1938.

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Location: US 60 (eastbound) at the Cumberland and Powhatan county line., Powhatan County, Virginia

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