A hand book of Virginia . banks, the latter, especially,is a strong and progressive feature of the town. Another strong banking institution is located at Purcellville, this county, witha handsome bank building. This town and Bluemont have been particularlyprosperous, a number of new business houses and residences having been erectedin each. LOUISA COUNTY. This county was formed in 1742 from Hanover. It is situated in Middle Virginia,in what is known as the Piedmont section, forty miles northwest from Richmond. It is thirty miles long and about eighteen miles wide, and contains an areaof 529 sq
A hand book of Virginia . banks, the latter, especially,is a strong and progressive feature of the town. Another strong banking institution is located at Purcellville, this county, witha handsome bank building. This town and Bluemont have been particularlyprosperous, a number of new business houses and residences having been erectedin each. LOUISA COUNTY. This county was formed in 1742 from Hanover. It is situated in Middle Virginia,in what is known as the Piedmont section, forty miles northwest from Richmond. It is thirty miles long and about eighteen miles wide, and contains an areaof 529 square miles. The lands, in the main, are yet in the hands of the ante-bellum-owners, or their descendants, and prospective purchasers have not had achance to purchase the best lands. When these lands come into market, as theyare gradually doing, the price will advance, but now small farms or unimprovedlands sell very cheap, and on easy terms. The surface is gently undulating, and about one-half of the land is under culti-. 161 vation. The soil is generally a granite or gray soil, with clay subsoil, and of goodquality. In the western part of the county the lands are very fertile, and embracethe noted Green Springs district, supposed to be the bed of an ancient the borders of the streams are many wide and fertile flats, while on theuplands may be found almost every variety and quality of soil. Farm products are wheat, corn, oats, tobacco, potatoes, hay, etc., all of whichare very successfully produced; especially tobacco, which is the staple crop ofthe county, over 2,000,000 pounds being produced annually, and of a grade knownfar and wide as the best type of shipping and manufacturing tobacco. Violet-growing is proving to be a profitable horticultural interest; in recent years thesoil has been found to be especially adapted to this industry, and especially isthis true of the Green Springs section. Fruits of every variety are successfullygrown, especially small fruits, g
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