Ottoman, Virginia Explained

Ottoman, Virginia
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Virginia#USA
Pushpin Label:Ottoman
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Virginia##Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Virginia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lancaster
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:37.7019°N -76.52°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Ottoman is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County located on the Northern Neck of the Rappahannock River in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Locustville, a historic plantation house built in 1855, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notable people

The American educator Claybrook Cottingham was born in Ottoman in 1881.[1] Also a native of the town was diplomat George H. Steuart, who was born there in 1907.[2] His father, the physician George H. Steuart lived in Ottoman until his death in 1945.[2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cottingham, Claybrook C.. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). December 19, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122235/http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php. February 25, 2012.
  2. Nelker, p.53