Ottoman is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County located on the Northern Neck of the Rappahannock River in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1]
Ottoman, Virginia | |
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 Hartswell Baptist Church on River Road | |
  Ottoman Location in Virginia  Ottoman Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°42′07″N 76°31′12″W / 37.70194°N 76.52000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Lancaster |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Locustville, a historic plantation house built in 1855, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[2]
Notable people
editThe American educator Claybrook Cottingham was born in Ottoman in 1881.[3] Also a native of the town was diplomat George H. Steuart, who was born there in 1907.[4] His father, the physician George H. Steuart lived in Ottoman until his death in 1945.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ottoman, Virginia
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cottingham, Claybrook C." A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Nelker, p.53
Bibliography
edit- Nelker, Gladys P, The Clan Steuart, Genealogical publishing, 1970.
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