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Green Spring (other)
Green Spring or Green Springs may refer to: United States Places * Green Springs Park, park and spring in Enterprise, Florida * Green Spring, Kentucky, a home rule-class city * Green Springs, Ohio, a village in Sandusky County and Seneca County * Green Spring, a plantation house in Green Spring Gardens Park, Fairfax County, Virginia * Green Spring Plantation, James City County, Virginia * Green Springs National Historic Landmark District, in Louisa County, Virginia * Green Springs (Trevilians, Virginia), a house within Green Springs National Historic Landmark District * Green Spring, West Virginia, a town Roads * Alabama State Route 149 partly follows Green Springs Highway, an interstate highway located in Jefferson County, Alabama * Green Springs Highway, Oregon Route 66, between Ashland and Klamath Falls See also * Greene Springs, Missouri, a ghost town in the US * Spring Green (other) * Spring (other) * Green (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Springs Park
Green Springs Park is public park in Enterprise, Florida featuring a green-hued sulfur spring. The spring (hydrology), spring was once part of a 19th-century health resort and the surrounding area is a notable archeological site. After more than 20 years of effort to acquire and develop the site, the park finally opened in September 2008. Description Green Springs Park is located near the north shore of Lake Monroe (Florida), Lake Monroe, approximately east of Interstate 4 in Enterprise, Florida. The spring supplies fresh water to Lake Monroe from the Florida aquifer. The spring basin is about wide by about deep. The water varies in color depending on the time of year, changing from green in the spring to more of a turquoise color in summer, back to green in the fall and finally to jade in the winter. The park's ecosystem is primarily a hardwood Hammock (ecology), hammock, host to several rare species of plant life, including ''Epidendrum magnoliae'', or Green-fly orchid. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterprise, Florida
Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, in the U.S. state of Florida, and its former county seat. Situated on the northern shore of Lake Monroe, it is flanked by the cities of DeBary and Deltona. Enterprise was once the head of navigation on the St. Johns River and at various times, the county seat for three different counties: Mosquito, which was renamed as Orange; and lastly, for Volusia, which was formed from part of Orange County. In 2006 Volusia County government approved a historic overlay which designates Enterprise as an "area of special concern" as a historic village. This establishes a defined historic district within the community and ensures that any development must follow strict guidelines. History Early In 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés explored the St. Johns River, perhaps reaching Lake Monroe. At the time of contact with Europeans, the area was home to the Mayaca Indians, who lived in small villages. They collected snail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Spring, Kentucky
Green Spring is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 715 at the 2010 census. It was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1974.Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Green Spring, Kentucky". Accessed 28 July 2013. Geography Green Spring is located in northern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the north by Prospect and on all other sides by consolidated Louisville/Jefferson County. Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) forms the northern border of the city. Downtown Louisville is to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, Green Spring has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 759 people, 255 households, and 239 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 257 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.41% White, 3.43% African American, 2.37% Asian, and 0.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Springs, Ohio
Green Springs is a village in Sandusky and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. History The Green Springs area was originally inhabited by the Kaskaskia and Miami Nation. On September 29, 1817, the Seneca whom had been displaced from their native lands in New York signed the Treaty of Fort Meigs, which established the 40,000 acre Seneca Indian Reservation and a $500 annuity. But on February 28, 1831, as part of the Treaty of Little Sandusky the Seneca agreed to relinquish their 40,000 acres in Ohio in exchange for 67,000 acres west of the Mississippi River and other provisions including a 5% annuity on the balance of the proceeds from the sale of the land in Ohio. This was part of the larger Indian Removal developed by the administration of Andrew Jackson. In 1831, Jacob Stem, the founder of Green Springs, bought the land from the government. He purchased about within Sandusky and Seneca counties, including the sulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Spring Gardens Park
Green Spring Gardens (31 acres) is a public park, including a historic 18th-century plantation house "Green Spring", which is the heart of a national historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The Fairfax County Park Authority operates Green Spring with the assistance of various nonprofit organizations concerned with history and gardening. Open daily without charge, the street address is 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, Virginia. Holdings The historic district encompasses two contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and two contributing structures located within the park. It includes the brick farmhouse, built about 1777–1784, a 19th-century spring house, a family cemetery, archaeological site, subterranean brick vault, and a small 4-chambered stone structure. The property's landscape was redesigned in 1942, in the Colonial Revival style by noted landscape architects Beatrix Farrand and Walter Macomber. The house and grounds were do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. The county seat is Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax; however, because it is an Independent city (United States)#Virginia, independent city under Virginia law, the city of Fairfax is not part of the county. The county is part of the Northern Virginia region and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. The county is predominantly suburban with some Urban area, urban and Rural area, rural pockets. It borders Montgomery County, Maryland to its north, Falls Church, Virginia, Falls Church, Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria, Arlington Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Spring Plantation
Green Spring Plantation in James City County about west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of the most unpopular governors of Colonial Virginia in North America, Sir William Berkeley, and his wife, Frances Culpeper Berkeley. Sir William Berkeley, who served several terms, is perhaps the best-known of Virginia's colonial governors. Contrary to popular belief the well-known Berkeley Plantation in nearby Charles City County was not named in his honor. Today, a section of the land that formed the core of Green Spring Plantation is part of the Colonial National Historical Park. It also lends its name to the section of the multi-use Virginia Capital Trail that extends from Governor Berkeley's capital at Jamestown, past many former great plantations (including Berkeley plantation) to the current state capital at Richmond, Virginia. History The name Green Spring Plantation originated from the natural spring on the site, which continues over 350 years la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James City County, Virginia
James City County is a county (United States), county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 78,254. Although politically separate from the county, the county seat is the adjacent independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, James City County is included in the Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, Newport News, VA-North Carolina, NC Hampton Roads, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is often associated with Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg, an Independent city (United States), independent city, and Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown which is within the county. First settled by the English colonists in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, the county was formally created in 1634 as James City Shire by order of King Charles I of England, Charles I. James City County is considered one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is a national historic district in Louisa County, Virginia noted for its concentration of fine rural manor houses and related buildings in an intact agricultural landscape. Admitted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, it became the first rural National Landmark Historic district. Named for one of the historic manor houses (itself named for a spring known to Thomas Jefferson who grew up and lived in Albemarle County nearby), the district comprises of fertile land, contrasting with the more typical poor soil and scrub pinelands surrounding it. Description The district is located 1.5 miles (2 km) north of Interstate 64 from exit No. 136, "Zion Crossroads." The district is roughly bounded by U.S. Route 15 and Virginia Routes 22 and 613. The area is named for a natural spring noted by Thomas Jefferson as possessing "some medicinal virtue." The district features a mixture of wooded and farmed lands. About 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Springs (Trevilians, Virginia)
Green Springs was built in the late 18th century on lands in Louisa County, Virginia assembled by Sylvanus Morris. His son Richard (c.1740-1821) developed near the mineral springs that gave the property its name and built the two-story frame house. The property stands in an unusually fertile region of central Virginia, surrounded by a number of 18th and 19th century farms and plantations. The district has been designated a National Historic Landmark district, comprising about under scenic easement protection. Description The main house is a two-story frame structure with a compact plan. The house forgoes the typical Virginia central-hall plan, employing instead a simple four-room plan on the main floor, with the stairs relegated to a small space at the rear. The two front rooms each have their own entry in the five-bay main elevation. The rear has received a shed-roofed addition, and a two-story frame addition has been added on the west side of the house. The interior features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Spring, West Virginia
Green Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) and railroad town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 250 (down from 218 at the 2010 census). Green Spring is located north of Springfield on Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) near the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River. Green Spring is also the location of the South Branch Valley Railroad's terminus with the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline. Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low-water toll bridge that connects Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) to Maryland Route 51 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland. This bridge is one of only 17 privately owned toll bridges in the United States. The toll for the bridge is currently US$1.50. History The town of Green Spring came into importance in 1819 when the Virginia General Assembly provided for a "public warehouse for the receipt of tobacco be establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama State Route 149
State Route 149 (SR 149) is a state highway that connects the south suburbs of Mountain Brook and Homewood with the Southside of downtown Birmingham, in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is in the shape of the letter C. Before the completion of Interstate 65 (I-65), SR 149 was the truck route of U.S. Route 31 (US 31) and US 280. Route description The southern terminus of SR 149 is at a folded diamond-type interchange with US 280 ( internally designated as SR 38) just southwest of Mountain Brook. Although signed as a north–south highway, it initially travels to the southwest along Shades Creek Parkway. The highway passes Colonial Brookwood Village, one of the larger shopping malls in the Birmingham metro area and then enters Homewood, whereupon Shades Creek Parkway intersects US 31 (Montgomery Parkway; internally designated as SR 3) at a cloverleaf interchange and the name of the road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
