Atlee, Virginia

Atlee, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Atlee, Virginia Atlee, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°39′28″N 77°24′25″W / 37.65778°N 77.40694°WCoordinates: 37°39′28″N 77°24′25″W / 37.65778°N 77.40694°W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Hanover
Elevation	194 ft (59 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1499069[1]

Atlee (also Atlees Station) is an unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia, United States.^[1] Atlee is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Richmond on Route 637 approximately .6 miles (0.97 km) north-northwest of the intersection of Route 637 and Virginia State Route 2.^[2] During the American Civil War, the Virginia Central Railroad's track was torn up by Union cavalry between the station at Atlee and the station at Hanover.^[3] At one point during the war, Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate cavalry was concentrated at Atlee.^[4]

References

1. "Atlee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Google (August 18, 2013). "Atlee, Virginia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
3. Bocian, Meredith; Salmon, John (2012). "The Virginia Central Railroad During the Civil War". Encyclopedia Virginia. Ed. Brendan Wolfe. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
4. Longacre, Edward G. (2005). Fitz Lee: A Military Biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A. Da Capo Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780306813849. Retrieved August 18, 2013.