Granite Springs, Virginia

Granite Springs is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is marked by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as the intersection of Belmont Road (Route 652), Lawyers Road (Route 601), and Granite Springs Road (Route 664).^[1] Nearby, communities of Paytes, Virginia and Belmont border on the north and west, respectively, along with the Orange County line serving as a northwestern boundary, and Plentiful Creek forms the south and eastern boundaries.

Map of Granite Springs, Virginia

Granite Springs Road (Routes 664/680)

While Granite Springs is marked at the southern terminus of Granite Springs Road (Route 664) with Lawyers Road (Route 601), Granite Springs Road turns sharply from its east-west direction from this intersection to become a north-south road and receives a different route number, 680. From this turn, it begins to parallel, then eventually reconverges with Lawyers Road. It is believed by locals that the heart of the Granite Springs community extends the entirety of the area between Lawyers Road and Granite Springs Road, to encompass the Fox Run subdivision (along Fox Run Drive, a dead-end secondary road intersecting Granite Springs Road), Cedar Plantation (a similar dead-end secondary road intersecting Granite Springs Road), and several single family homes along Granite Springs Road and Lawyers Road.

Route 664 begins at the intersection with Lawyers Road as a paved road, but quickly becomes a dirt road after 0.1 miles (0.16 km). Pavement does not begin again until the bend in the road that renames it to Route 680. It has a bridge with a weight limit of 2 Tons (1,814.4 kg).

Notable Features

A gravesite and monument to Dr. Robert Llewellen Powell (Aug 30, 1886 - May 13, 1924), in the form of an obelisk is located at 8401 Lawyers Road, on the eastern side of the road.^[2] Dr. Powell was the brother of Peter Powell, a former Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney.^[3]
A small family cemetery exists at the intersection of Granite Springs Road (Route 664) and Lawyers Road.
Fletcher's Store, long abandoned, stands at the intersection of Belmont Road and Lawyers Road. There is another "Fletcher's Store", still in operation, at Belmont.
Plentiful Creek, which serves as the community's eastern and southern border, is a freshwater spring/stream that winds its way from sources just south of Post Oak Road and parallels Granite Springs Road before crossing Lawyers Road, and eventually empties into Lake Anna. It is thought that this feature is what gives this community its name.

Included Communities

Fox Run Subdivision (Fox Run Road). Intersects with Granite Springs Road.
Cedar Plantation (Cedar Plantation Road). Intersects with Granite Springs Road.

Nearby Communities/Landmarks

Paytes, Virginia: Marked at the intersections of Lawyers Road (Route 601) and West Catharpin Road (Route 608), and extends east to the fork of West Catharpin Road and Post Oak Road (Route 606).
Belmont, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, further south along Route 652.
Bells Crossroad, at the intersection of Lawyers Road and Stubbs Bridge Road (Route 612), not to be confused with Bells Crossroads, in nearby Louisa County, Virginia.
Orange Springs, a historic home, farm complex, and former resort spa in nearby Orange County, Virginia, is accessible via Orange Springs Road (Route 653), after heading south on Belmont Road (Route 652) from Granite Springs. Heading west on Route 653 from Belmont, it becomes Route 629 at Danton (intersection with Route 651) and the farm entrance is located on Route 629 before it intersects with US 522. Orange Springs was visited by President James Madison and is on the National Register of Historical Places.^[4]
Lake Anna State Park, located off of Lawyers Road.

References

↑ United States Geological Survey (USGS). Feature Detail Report for: Granite Springs.. 28 Sept 1979.
↑ Powell Gravesite, Granite Springs, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
↑ Sullivan, P. The Drama of Being Peter Powell. 1 May 2013.
↑ Ann L. Miller (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orange Springs" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

Municipalities and communities of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Spotsylvania Courthouse

CDPs	Lake Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse

Unincorporated communities	Alsop Arcadia Artillery Ridge Bells Crossroad Belmont Blades Corner Brockroad Brokenburg Carters Store Chancellor Chancellorsville Chewnings Corner Cookstown Dunavant Five Mile Fork Four Mile Fork Granite Springs Lanes Corner Leavells Lewiston Margo Marye Massaponax McHenry Old Trap Olivers Corner Partlow Paytes Post Oak Shady Grove Corner Snell Stubbs Thornburg Todds Tavern

Coordinates: 38°11′18″N 77°51′16″W / 38.18833°N 77.85444°W / 38.18833; -77.85444

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