Light, Former Townsite of


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Marker Number: 1957 
Marker Title: Former Townsite of Light 
Index Entry: Light, Former Townsite of 
Address: 11th St., E of Fluvanna 
City: Fluvanna 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 300555 
UTM Northing: 3640531 
Subject Codes: GT; RR 
Year Marker Erected: 1972 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: From Fluvanna, take 11th Street east about 1 mile to marker. 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Established in 1899, with the granting of a post office,
 on land owned by D. C. McGregor. The school on "Jumbo" Ranch (in area settled in 1890s)
 was relocated here and Light began to grow. In 1905 anew, two-room school building 
was constructed. A decline set in, however, when the town of Fluvanna was surveyed in 
1907 at terminus of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. Soon citizens moved their
 buildings and belongings a mile west to be on the rails. 
Although town of Light has vanished, area still supplies water to Fluvanna. (1972)