Westham, Virginia | |
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![Westham sign of neighborhood still called Westham built on the old town in 1930.[1]](view_image.php?q=Westham,_Virginia&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Westham_Virginia.jpg) Westham sign of neighborhood still called Westham built on the old town in 1930.[1] | |
| Coordinates: 37°35′21″N 77°32′24″W / 37.58917°N 77.54000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Henrico |
| Established | c. 1750[1] |
Westham was an unincorporated town in Henrico County, Virginia. It is located in the present day area of Tuckahoe, Virginia. Westham was built at a transportation point on the James River. The James River flows free for several hundred miles from the west and Westham is located at the point where the Fall Line rocks prevented further river passage. Richmond, Virginia was built on the other side of the fall line where the river is navigable to the ocean. This made Westham the first destination for iron used in Revolutionary War. In later years, Canals and then Rail transport connected Westham to Richmond along the James River trade route. Westham was eventually absorbed into Richmond.
Westham, Virginia is shown between Tuckahoe Plantation and Richmond, Virginia on a portion of a map of part of Virginia drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1775.
- ^ a b Childers, Doug (October 31, 2011). "Richmond Neighborhoods: Old Westham". Richmond Times Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. Retrieved January 31, 2016.