Historical Marker
Fork Union Academy
Historical marker location:
Fork Union, Virginia
( Marker is on James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) 0.2 miles north of W River Road (Virginia Route 6), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1983
Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was founded in 1607 and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699.