Winterham, Virginia

Winterham is a mostly rural unincorporated community in central Amelia County, Virginia, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 360 at the northern terminus of SR 628 (Butlers Road), northeast of the town of Amelia Court House, the county seat of Amelia County.[1] Its elevation is 338 feet (103 m) above sea level.[2]

Winterham
Unincorporated community
Winterham
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Winterham
Winterham (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°22′4″N 77°55′53″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAmelia
Elevation
338 ft (103 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
23002
Area code(s)804
GNIS feature ID1477890

The origin of the name Winterham is unclear, but it dates back at least to the mid-1700s.[3] Early uses, however, probably referred not to the town but to the Winterham Plantation 4 miles northwest, whose manor house and dependencies were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[4][5] A post office was established at the town of Winterham by 1853;[6] it has since been closed.

Morefield Mine is located on Route 628 approximately one mile southeast. A source of mica, gems, and feldspar, it has operated intermittently as a working mine, tourist attraction, and sometimes both simultaneously, since opening in 1929.[7]


References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 107.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winterham, Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-28. Accessed 2008-06-06.
  3. Pawlett, Miller, & Clark. "Amelia County Road Orders 1735-1753", Virginia Department of Transportation, pp. 64, 104. Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Transportation Research Council, April 2002, VTRC 02-R14. Accessed December 11, 2021.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. Winterham, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. Virginius Cornick Hall Jr. "Virginia Post Offices, 1798-1859", The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 81, no. 1, Virginia Historical Society, 1973, page 96. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  7. Morefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA. Mindat.org, The Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved December 7, 2021.


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