Located in Central Virginia, Louisa County, Virginia, adjoins the Richmond metro area. One of the first acts of the County court, when it was formed in 1742, was to authorize the keeping of an Ordinary to accommodate travelers to the court and beyond. European settlement of Louisa County was late by colonial standards because it was an interior landlocked area of the Piedmont in Virginia which was difficult to reach. Because of its insularity Louisa was made up of small wooden homes due to the difficulty of getting materials to the interior. Mills and merchants took care of the peoples' needs so that they would not have to travel far for goods.

The American Revolution, which closely followed the establishment of Louisa County, was fully supported in Louisa by local heroes. Patrick Henry represented Louisa in the House from 1765 to 1768. Dabney Carr represented Louisa County in the House of Burgesses from 1772-73. Mr. Carr presented a resolution for the creation of a Committee of Correspondence which was a first step in uniting the Colonies before the Revolution. During the war, Jack Jouett, Jr. rode a distance of 38 miles from Louisa to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson and members of the Virginia General Assembly that the British were coming after Richmond had fallen.

After the Revolution Louisa County settled down to the business of creating a new government free from British influence. By 1818 a new courthouse and jail had been built. Because of the condition of roads, travel was difficult. Citizens had difficulties getting to their own courthouse. The county was created when the population became large enough to support a courthouse. The county separated from Hanover County and was named after Princess Louisa, the youngest daughter of King George II of England, in 1742. The county seat, also called Louisa, grew around the court and the Ordinary, and was formally established in 1873.

The greatest change for the county was the coming of the railroad. In 1838 the Virginia Central Railroad reached Louisa Courthouse and by 1840 it afforded travel through the county. With the advent of the railroad, materials and people traveled more easily.

During the War Between the States the Central Virginia railroad was vital to the supply lines of the Confederate troops. It was for this reason that Louisa County endured Stoneman's and Dahlgren's raids. The railroad was also the cause for the clash of cavalry at Trevilians in 1864. Despite many efforts, the North never made it through Louisa to the hub of railroad activity in Gordonsville.

The era of Reconstruction in Louisa County brought forth many changes and resentments which lasted a long time. The military occupation by Major General Alvin Coe Voris was not oppressive but the mere fact of occupation offended the local populace. One positive result of the new Virginia government was the new public school system. Littleberry Haley, as first Superintendent of Schools, brought education to the county. It was about this time that the Town of Louisa was incorporated, in 1873.

Today the Town of Louisa has about 1500 residents and all the advantages of a small community, but is within an hour's drive from Richmond and Charlottesville, and barely two hours from Washington, D.C., the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Atlantic Ocean. Louisa County is made up of 514 square miles with 23,250 people. It is still considered an agricultural and rural residential county but it is one of the more rapidly growing counties in Virginia.

For more information on activities in and around Louisa, Virginia, visit:

Town of Louisa, VA (official website)
Virginia Tourism
Virginia Time Travelers

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