The stories of Amelia County, VA
12 narrated audio stories from across Amelia County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Amelia County
Friday Nights for the Patriots
A county’s private-school teams carried a complicated parallel tradition.
Winterham Plantation
A House Built in Layers at Winterham
How one plantation landscape holds generations of change and labor.
Dykeland
A House That Meant Something
How one Amelia County house turned architecture into a statement of status.
Amelia Academy
A School Born in Resistance
How Amelia Academy’s founding exposed deep battles over race and belonging.
Christ Episcopal Church
A Church Beside the Courthouse
How a Gothic church came to frame Amelia Court House's public life.
Amelia County
Where Lee’s Retreat Began to Tighten
A fast, brutal cavalry fight that squeezed a retreating army.
Amelia County
The Turn at Jetersville
A small rail community became a trapdoor in Lee’s last retreat.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park
Where Lee’s Retreat Broke Apart
A turning-point story from Sailor’s Creek’s shattered retreat.
Amelia Lake
Where Amelia County Goes to Fish
A modest public lake made dependable by steady state attention.
Amelia County Courthouse Historic District
Where Amelia County Came to Do Business
A courthouse village that turned county government into everyday life.
Amelia Wildlife Management Area
Where Public Land Opened Amelia’s Hunting Seasons
How state-managed land made hunting access possible in Amelia County.
Amelia County
A County Named for the Crown
How Amelia County’s 1735 creation carried royal power into local life.
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