Negro Foot, Virginia

Negro Foot, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Negro Foot is located in Virginia
Negro Foot
Negro Foot
Negro Foot is located in the United States
Negro Foot
Negro Foot
Coordinates: 37°49′36″N 77°35′52″W / 37.82667°N 77.59778°W / 37.82667; -77.59778
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyHanover
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1471367[1]

Negro Foot is an unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia.[1] The community's unusual name has attracted the attention of media commentators.[2]

The origin of the name is obscure. Some say the community was named from an incident when a slave's foot was amputated to prevent another escape, while others believe an act of cannibalism caused the name to be selected.[3] The name "Nigger Foot" appears in older publications.[4] A variant name is "Negro".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Foot
  2. ^ "Hinkle: Would you ask a friend to lunch at Negro Foot?". Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "It's time to change Virginia's racist place-names". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Biographical Record of Bartholomew County, Indiana: Including Biographies of the Governors and Other Representative Citizens of Indiana. 1904. p. 506.


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