History and Community

Historical marker location:

3601 Timberneck Farm Road, Hayes, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Blackberry Circle south of Timberneck Farm Road (Virginia Route 1324), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2021

Machicomoco State Park.

The Virginia Military Institute, founded in 1839, was the first state-supported military college in the United States.