Kilmarnock
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N 37° 42.650 W 076° 22.817
18S E 378337 N 4174628
Erected 2008 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number J-104.)
Waymark Code: WMGBVF
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2013
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Kilmarnock was called “the Crossroads” about 1664, because multiple thoroughfares crossed here. By the middle of the 18th century, the community was named Steptoe’s Ordinary for a storehouse and tavern owned by William Steptoe I. About 1775, it became Kilmarnock, after the town in Scotland. By the 1850s, with Kilmarnock Seminary and Female Seminary, it was a center of education in the Northern Neck, and was becoming a thriving commercial hub. Fires devastated Kilmarnock in 1909, 1915, and 1952, but its citizens successfully rebuilt each time. Kilmarnock was incorporated as a town on 8 Dec. 1930.
Marker Number: j 104
Marker Title: Kilmarnock
Marker Location: Kilmarnock, Virginia
County or Independent City: Lancaster County
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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