Albemarle County / Nelson County

Historical marker location:

Afton, Virginia

( Marker is on Rockfish Gap Turnpike (U.S. 250) east of Afton Mountain Road (Virginia Route 6), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2002

Virginia is home to the oldest continuously operating legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in 1619.