Belmont

Historical marker location:

1600 Hilliard Road, Richmond, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Hilliard Road (Virginia Route 161) 0.2 miles east of Tanya Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2008

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.