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Milton, Albemarle County, Virginia

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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Milton
Unincorporated community
Sign on a main road near Milton.Sign on a main road near Milton.
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Coordinates: 38°00′19″N 78°24′09″W / 38.00528°N 78.40250°W / 38.00528; -78.40250
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAlbemarle
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1477543

Milton is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia. In the batteaux era Milton was the head of navigation along the river, but by the mid-nineteenth century horse-drawn canal boats were traveling all the way upstream to Charlottesville, where the head of navigation was located at the very point where the Fredericksburg Road (now VA 20) and Three Chopt Road (U.S. Route 250).

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References

  1. ^ "Milton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
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County seat: Charlottesville
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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