Fort Christanna

Fort Christanna (HMDAH)

Location: Lawrenceville, VA 23868 Brunswick County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 44.506', W 77° 51.219'

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Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within the fort and built a nearby settlement. The fort included a frontier trading post and the English operated a school to educate and convert the Indians to Christianity there. The Virginia Indian Company was dissolved in 1717; funding for the garrison ceased the next year. By 1740 the Indian groups no longer lived at the fort but had migrated to other areas nearby in the region.
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Marker NumberU 90
Year Placed2001
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 6:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 245207 N 4070023
Decimal Degrees36.74176667, -77.85365000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 44.506', W 77° 51.219'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 44' 30.36" N, 77° 51' 13.14" W
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Area Code(s)434, 804
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 10-198 Co Rd 714, Lawrenceville VA 23868, US
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