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Bumpass is an unincorporated area in Louisa County, Virginia, United States.[3] Its post office[4] is still in service. National Historical Places registered in Bumpass include the Duke House and Jerdone Castle.[5] The latter is a plantation (now lakefront) where George Washington spent the night on June 10th during his 1791 Southern tour.[6]

Bumpass, Virginia
Unincorporated area

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Coordinates: 37°57′49″N 77°44′14″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Louisa
Elevation	328 ft (100 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	23024[1]
GNIS feature ID	1464090[2]

The community was named for John T. Bumpass, one of the first postmasters in the area.[7] The surname "Bumpass" in turn derives from the French bonpass, meaning "good passage".[7]

References

"Post Offices by County: Louisa County, Virginia". Postmaster Finder. United States Postal Service. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
"Bumpass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
"Bumpass, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bumpass VA post office
NPS.gov (2018). "Virginia - List View". Find a Park. National Park Service. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Bingham, Warren (2016). George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 9781467119795.
"Odd town names often result of egos". Daily Press. Harrisonburg, Virginia. Associated Press. December 29, 1992. p. 13. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

External links

Chronology of the C&Os Piedmont Sub, Bumpass (Site about Bumpass, Virginia)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Louisa County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Louisa
Towns	Louisa Mineral	Map of Virginia highlighting Louisa County
CDP	Blue Ridge Shores
Unincorporated communities	Bumpass Cuckoo Dabneys Gum Spring Orchid Poindexter Quail Trevilians Twin Oaks Community Zion Crossroads‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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