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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Amherst County

 
Clickable Map of Amherst County, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Amherst County, VA (41) Appomattox County, VA (106) Bedford County, VA (225) Campbell County, VA (77) Lynchburg Ind. City, VA (266) Nelson County, VA (47) Rockbridge County, VA (58)  AmherstCounty(41) Amherst County (41)  AppomattoxCounty(106) Appomattox County (106)  BedfordCounty(225) Bedford County (225)  CampbellCounty(77) Campbell County (77)  Lynchburg(266) Lynchburg (266)  NelsonCounty(47) Nelson County (47)  RockbridgeCounty(58) Rockbridge County (58)
Amherst is the county seat for Amherst County
Adjacent to Amherst County, Virginia
Appomattox County (106)  ►
Bedford County (225)  ►
Campbell County (77)  ►
Lynchburg (266)  ►
Nelson County (47)  ►
Rockbridge County (58)  ►
 
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1 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-61 — Action at Tye River —
2 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Amherst County Confederate Soldiers Monument —
3 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-52 — Bear Mountain Indian Mission School —
4 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Beirut-Lebanon — October 23, 1983 —
5 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-26 — Central High School —
6 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-22 — James River Batteau —
7 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Kearfortt-Wood House —
8 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Old Milepost —
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9 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — POW-MIA Memorial —
10 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-21 — Rucker’s Chapel —
11 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — The Amherst County Bateau / The Thornhill Wagon —
12 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — The Amherst Depot —
13 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — R-23 — The Courage of Frank Padget —
14 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — The Reverend Robert Rose — 1704-1751 —
15 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Thomas "Tom" Nelson Burford — 1935 - 2020 —
16 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Veterans Memorial —
17 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Veterans Memorial Trees —
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18 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — Vietnam Memorial — All gave some, some gave all. Gone, but not forgotten. —
19 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — World War I Memorial —
20 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Amherst — World War II Memorial —
21 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Arrington — Z-18 — Nelson County / Amherst County —
22 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Buena Vista — Z-138 — Amherst County / Rockbridge County —
23 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Buena Vista — R-59 — Constitution Forest —
24 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Clifford — R-60 — Grave of Patrick Henry’s Mother —
25 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Gladstone — Z-137 — Nelson County / Amherst County —
26 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Glasgow — Z-19 — Amherst County / Rockbridge County —
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27 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Glasgow — Z-119 — The Courage of Frank Padget — Reported permanently removed
28 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Madison Heights — Z-17 — Amherst County / Campbell County —
29 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Madison Heights — K-148 — Buffalo Lick Plantation —
30 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Madison Heights — I-5 — Central Virginia Training Center —
31 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Madison Heights — R-4 — Lynchburg Defenses — Reported damaged
32 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Madison Heights — Williams Viaduct —
33 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Monroe — A Lock Canal / A Lift Lock —
34 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Monroe — Battery Creek Lock — 1851-1880 —
35 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Monroe — Battery Creek Lock — As It May Have Looked in the Mid 1800's —
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36 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Monroe — The Lock Gate —
37 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Monroe — Water Gap —
38 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — R-20 — Sweet Briar College — Chartered 1901 —
39 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — Sweet Briar House — The Founders' Heritage at Sweet Briar College —
40 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — Sweet Briar Plantation Slave Cabin — African-American Heritage at Sweet Briar College —
41 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — The Boxwood Alumnae House — Sweet Briar College — Always Ahead Of Its Time —
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026