Sandy Hook, Virginia

Jackson Blacksmith Shop is a historic blacksmith shop located near Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It was built in 1932, and is a one-story, rectangular, pole structure, shed-type building. It measures 16 feet by 24 feet and has a gable roof. The shop remains in operation.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Gum Spring is an unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Gum Spring is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 250 and U.S. Route 522 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Louisa. Gum Spring has a post office with ZIP code 23065.Providence Presbyterian Church and the Shady Grove School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Providence Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Gum Spring, Louisa County, Virginia. It was built in 1747, and is a two-story, three-bay, wood-frame building measuring 50 feet, 3 inches, by 26 feet, 4 inches. It is one of the few frame churches in Virginia remaining from colonial times and was one of the first Presbyterian churches to be built in the central part of the state. Samuel Davies served as its first minister until 1759, when he assumed the presidency of Princeton University. A distinguished son of the church was Robert Lewis Dabney, noted mid-19th century Presbyterian minister and church architect.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Shady Grove School is a historic Rosenwald school located at Gum Spring, Louisa County, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a one-story, frame school building. It has a side gabled, metal roof and is sheathed in plain wood weatherboards. It features an engaged corner porch. The school was used until 1962 when students were transferred to an elementary school approximately 5 miles away.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In 2017 the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved the erection of a state historic marker at the school.

Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,727. Its county seat is Goochland.Goochland County is included in the Greater Richmond Region.

Byrd Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Goochland in western Goochland County, Virginia on Dogtown Road. The original building dates from 1838 and is still in active use today. It is a two-story, rectangular brick structure with a slate gable roof. The interior of the church measures 28 feet by 40 feet. Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery with graves dating back to at least the 1850s.The original congregation began in 1748, and erected a dedicated building on Byrd Creek in 1759. Notable theologian Samuel Davies was one of the founding members.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Cedar Point is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. Cedar Point is located on the James River 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of Goochland. The Lock-Keeper's House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located near Cedar Point.

The Dover Slave Quarter Complex is a set of five historic structures located on Brookview Farm near Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County, Virginia. They were built as one-story, two-unit, brick structures with steep gable roofs for housing African-American slaves. The houses are arranged in a wide arc, measuring 360 ft (110 m) in length. The center dwelling had a frame second-story added and its brick walls covered by siding when it was converted to an overseer's house. It has a recent rear addition. In addition to the center dwelling, one of the former slave dwellings serves as the farm office, one serves as a woodworking shop, and the remaining two are used for storage. Also on the farm are the two early 20th-century contributing farm structures; one is an impressively long dairy barn, and there are two tenant houses, silos, and storage buildings.The structures were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Lock-Keeper's House is a historic home located near Cedar Point, Goochland County, Virginia. It was built about 1836, and is a two-story frame structure resting on a stone foundation of whitewashed, rough-faced, uncoursed ashlar. It has a shallow gable roof and a shed roof porch that extends the length of the building. It was built to serve Lock Number 7 at Cedar Point and is the last remaining lock-keeper's house of the James River and Kanawha Canal system. It addition to being a residence, the lock-keeper's house served as a tavern and furnished accommodations for passengers and canal boat crews.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College is a public community college in Virginia with four campuses: Parham Road Campus in Henrico County, Downtown Campus in Richmond, Goochland Campus in Goochland Courthouse, Virginia, and The Kitchens at Reynolds in Richmond. Named for Lieutenant Governor J. Sargeant Reynolds, Reynolds is a member of the Virginia Community College System. The college offers 25 occupational/technical associate degree programs, 9 occupational/technical certificate programs, 5 transfer programs, and 41 career studies certificate programs requiring less than one-year of full-time study. 97% of the college's programs offer at least one class through distance learning. Paula P. Pando has served as president since September 2018.

Goochland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Goochland County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 861. The community is also known as Goochland Courthouse or by an alternative spelling, Goochland Court House. It derives its name from the fact that the community is the location of the county's court house, while the county in turn is named for Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, the royal lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749.

Goochland County Public Schools is a school district which serves Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is based in Goochland, Virginia. Enrollment hovers around 2600 students and the school division has five schools. Each of the five schools have been named Apple Distinguished Schools, 2019–2021, due to the division's strong one-to-one computing program. The superintendent is Dr. Michael Cromartie and the school board chairperson is Sandra Barefoot-Reid.