Official Name: | Spring Hill, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Augusta |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1427 |
Coordinates: | 38.2561°N -79.0525°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1497159[1] |
Spring Hill is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.[1]
The earliest inhabitant was the Irish sea captain James Patton, whose first home was a log cabin he built in 1741 at Spring Hill, on what is still known as the Patton Farm Road.[2] [3] On 25 October 1746, On 15 January 1754, Patton signed a contract with two Augusta County carpenters to construct a new home for him at Spring Hill: "a solidly-made a one-room log house, twenty feet square, to include...a wooden floor, high ceiling, and spacious loft."[4] [5]
In 1882, Spring Hill was a thriving village with several stores and two churches.[6] It, like other communities in Augusta County, flourished into the early 1900s. Today, all that is left is a Presbyterian church, some houses, and a few abandoned storefronts. It is part of the Staunton - Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.