Pomona, Virginia
Pomonais anunincorporated communityinWestmoreland County,in theNorthern NeckofVirginia.The area was likely named Pomona after the largest of theOrkney Islandsby St. John Shropshire, aScottishimmigrant, who purchased the land in 1736.[1]Another Scot, theReverend Archibald Campbell(who tutoredJohn MarshallandJames Monroeas boys at his parish school[2]) purchased the property in 1761, and a largeFederal stylehouse, also named Pomona, stands there today.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Presnall, Clifford C.notes on place names in Westmoreland County.
- ^Norris, Walter Biscoe Jr., ed. (1983).Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1653 - 1983(Fourth Edition, 2008 ed.). Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co. p. 506.
- ^Eubank, H. Ragland (1934).The Authentic Guide Book of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia.Colonial Beach. p. 13.
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