Thomas Roundtree, who lived in the log house on the lot where Dr. E. Y. Salmon now resides, was the original proprietor of the lands on which Lynchburg is located. He laid out the town about the year 1818, and, as the famous beech tree, used as a lynching post, where early offenders were punished, stood over the spring near his house, he very appropriately named the town Lynchburg.
From John Lynch, the founder of the ferry site on the James River that became the town in 1786.
Virginia University of Lynchburg was created in 1886.
The address of the Diamond Hill Historical Society Lynchburg Virginia is: Po Box 803, Lynchburg, VA 24505
The web address of the Diamond Hill Historical Society Lynchburg Virginia is: diamondhill.org
The web address of the Lynchburg Museum is: http://www.lynchburgmuseum.org
The phone number of the Lynchburg Museum is: 434-455-6226.
There are about a half dozen Lynchburgs scattered across the United States but Lynchburg, Virginia, was named for its founder, John Lynch. The name is English.
There has not yet been any same sex marriages in Lynchburg, Virginia.
According to the Rand McNally Road Atlas, it is 63 miles from Charlottesville to Lynchburg.
56 miles
The address of the Lynchburg Museum Friends Inc is: Po Box 775, Lynchburg, VA 24505
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA - 49.8 square miles.
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