Lynchburg
Lynchburg, in Campbell County, was named for John Lynch, the owner of the original town site. It was established in 1786, was incorporated as a town in 1805, and became a city in 1852. Area: 49.4 square miles. Population: 65,269 (2000), 73,933 (2009 estimate).
There are 56 miles from Charlottesville to Lynchburg in southwest direction and 68 miles by car, following the US-29 route. Charlottesville and Lynchburg are 1 hour 12 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop .
10 miles west of Lynchburg is Poplar Forest, the secluded villa retreat of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), now a National Historic Landmark. Jefferson regularly took the seventy-mile route from Monticello in Albemarle County to Poplar Forest in Bedford County. Jefferson made the three-day trip on horseback or in a carriage each April.
In the 1960's, Lynchburg politicians thought President Kennedy had altered the state Highway Commission decision because his state campaign manager had requested the route benefit his home town of Charlottesville. Today, Lynchburg is the largest city in Virginia not located on an interstate highway [1]
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This topic is well-covered by the wikipedia article Lynchburg, Virginia |
References
- ↑ "Charlottesville Won, and Lynchburg Lost; Routing of I-64 Was Major Tussle," Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 13, 1999, p.C6