Negro Foot is an unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia.[1] The community's unusual name has attracted the attention of media commentators.[2]
Negro Foot, Virginia | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated community | |
  Negro Foot  Negro Foot | |
| Coordinates: 37°49′36″N 77°35′52″W / 37.82667°N 77.59778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Hanover |
| Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1471367[1] |
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
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Foot
- ^ "Hinkle: Would you ask a friend to lunch at Negro Foot?". Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ "It's time to change Virginia's racist place-names". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ Biographical Record of Bartholomew County, Indiana: Including Biographies of the Governors and Other Representative Citizens of Indiana. 1904. p. 506.
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