Wakefield and Pipsico

Historical marker location:

17 Swanns Point Rd, Spring Grove, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Colonial Trail West (Virginia Route 10) and Martin Luther King Highway (Virginia Route 40), on the right when traveling west on Colonial Trail West.)

Marker installed: 2003

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.