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Housing Units (2000): 3345
Land area (2000): 4.234447 sq. miles (10.967168 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.234447 sq. miles (10.967168 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65882
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.473199 N, 74.366334 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 10940
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Scotchtown
Wikipedia
Scotchtown may refer to:
- Scotchtown, Indiana
- Scotchtown, New York
- Scotchtown, Nova Scotia
- Scotchtown (plantation), a historic Virginia home once owned by Patrick Henry
- Scotchtown, County Cavan, a townland in Cavan, Ireland
- Scotchtown, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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Scotchtown is a plantation located in Hanover County, Virginia, that from 1771-1778 was owned and used as a residence by Patrick Henry, his wife Sarah and their children. He was a revolutionary and elected in 1778 as the first Governor of Virginia. The house is located in Beaverdam, Virginia, northwest of Ashland, Virginia on VA 685. The house, at by , is one of the largest 18th-century homes to survive in the Americas. In its present configuration, it has eight substantial rooms on the first floor surrounding a central passage, with a full attic above and English basement with windows below.
The house is owned and managed by Preservation Virginia, which operates a number of other historic properties across the Commonwealth, including the John Marshall House, the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Bacon's Castle, and Historic Jamestowne.