Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia

Goochland County Historical Society
& Cabell Library

The Cabell Library
Goochland County Historical Society
2875 River Road West
Goochland, VA 23063

Phone: 804-556-3966
Web: http://www.goochlandhistory.org
Facebook: http://www.goochlandhistory.wordpress.com
E-mail: goochlandhistory@comcast.net

Open Wednesday‒Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Repository and Museum

The Cabell Library at the Goochland County Historical Society enables researchers, students, teachers and others to have access to the records of Goochland County’s past while preserving historical materials for future generations.

Be Prepared

The library is open Wednesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We are located on a historic Virginia byway at 2875 River Road West, Goochland, Virginia, 23063. If you would like to request research or to check our hours, our Society website is the best place to go, please check us out at http://www.goochlandhistory.org and also follow us on Facebook and our blog, http://www.goochlandhistory.wordpress.com. Cameras can be used in the library and we also have a copying machine available for a small per copy charge.

Collections

It is a well-organized collection of various types of reference materials. The collection strengths include local history of Goochland pertaining to colonial history, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, religions and religious movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Anglo-American slave trade and conditions of slavery in the United States, American biography, and genealogy.

A partial list of the materials available are The Douglas Register, Marriage Records, Ministers Returns, Abstracts of Goochland Wills, Census Records, Graves and Cemeteries, St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book, Turff and Twigg, the French Lands, and many more too numerous to list.

For Sale

We have many books for sale including our new Cemeteries of Goochland book. We also have prints for sale of two historic maps: the 1820 John Wood map and the 1863 Gilmer map.

There is a lot to offer at the Goochland County Historical Society and Library. Take a ride into the country and explore our rich history.


Photos: The Goochland County Historical Society and Library, taken by James Richmond, archivist and photographer for the society.

Virginia Repositories—Central Virginia