Goochland County Historical Society

Goochland County Historical Society Welcome to the Goochland County Historical Society Page! Historical Center Hours: Wednesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

Thank you to everyone who came out and made the visit by the VA250 Mobile Museum such a success. Today we even celebrate...
04/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out and made the visit by the VA250 Mobile Museum such a success. Today we even celebrated Goochland’s own Thomas Jefferson’s birthday!
Thank you to the volunteers that made today possible: Mike Wilson, Robin Lind, Robin Hillman, Manny Alvarez, Rhonda Shannon, Linda Weistroffer, Sandie Warwick, Christina Dunn, and Suzanne Taylor.

04/12/2026

Today is the last day to visit the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience, “Out of Many, One,” at Goochland High School. The traveling exhibit is free and will be open to the public today from noon - 4:00 PM.

Details: www.exploregoochland.com/gva250

Another great day with the VA250 Mobile Museum and our history demonstrators Emily Felix and Robin Lind. If you haven’t ...
04/12/2026

Another great day with the VA250 Mobile Museum and our history demonstrators Emily Felix and Robin Lind. If you haven’t been out to see the museum, you have one more day, tomorrow is the last day it will be in Goochland.
Thank you to all of the volunteers who made today a success: Emily Felix, Robin Lind, Christina Dunn, Suzanne Taylor, Manny Alvarez, James Richmond, Sandie Warwick, and Michael Trownsell.

Come out and see us today! We are at Goochland High School until 4 with the VA250 Mobile Museum so stop by and say hello...
04/11/2026

Come out and see us today! We are at Goochland High School until 4 with the VA250 Mobile Museum so stop by and say hello.

Thank you day two of Time Travel Through History with the VA250 Mobile Museum and our history demonstrators: Emily Felix...
04/11/2026

Thank you day two of Time Travel Through History with the VA250 Mobile Museum and our history demonstrators: Emily Felix, Robin Lind, and Mike Wilson. Thank you also to our volunteers who manned our Society booth: Christina Dunn, Nora Amos, Sandie Warwick, Linda Weistroffer, Suzanne Taylor, Manny Alvarez, and James Richmond

The Goochland County Historical Society History Center will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, April 11, 2026. We will be on ...
04/10/2026

The Goochland County Historical Society History Center will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, April 11, 2026. We will be on location at Goochland High School hosting the VA250 Mobile Museum. If you get a chance, come out and visit the museum!

The VA250 Mobile Museum is in Goochland! If you haven’t had a chance to tour the museum, it is closer than ever. It will...
04/09/2026

The VA250 Mobile Museum is in Goochland! If you haven’t had a chance to tour the museum, it is closer than ever. It will be at Goochland High School through Sunday. Public hours are Friday night 5-8 pm, Saturday 9-4 pm, and Sunday 12-4 pm. Today we were there for the students to tour the museum. Thank you to our volunteers Emily Felix, Sandie Warwick, Christina Dunn, Robin Lind, Mike Wilson, and Manny Alvarez, you made the day very special.

The VA250 mobile museum is in Goochland! Today and tomorrow, students from Goochland High School and Goochland Middle Sc...
04/09/2026

The VA250 mobile museum is in Goochland! Today and tomorrow, students from Goochland High School and Goochland Middle School will be touring the museum and it will open to the public on Friday, April 10, from 5-8 pm. It will also be open on Saturday 9-4, and Sunday 12-4. If you get a chance come out and support the mobile museum.
https://www.va250.org/event-detail/?id=24753

04/09/2026

🌿 Spring is here—perfect weather to discover Goochland's oldest trees! The Witness Tree Challenge invites our community to find trees that have been alive since 1776. These living giants have stood for 250 years as silent witnesses to the American Revolution. Can you find one? Grab your measuring tape and explore!

NEW DEADLINE: May 31, 2026.
Learn more: https://goochlandedu.org/2026/01/15/the-witness-tree-challenge/

Presented by Goochland Education Foundation, Goochland County Public Schools, Goochland County Historical Society, and GVA 250th.

Josiah Leake1730-1795Buried at Rocky Spring, Goochland County, Virginia Captain Josiah Leake has two markers in the Rock...
04/01/2026

Josiah Leake
1730-1795
Buried at Rocky Spring, Goochland County, Virginia

Captain Josiah Leake has two markers in the Rocky Spring cemetery. The first and oldest lists his name, birthdate, three wives (all named Anne) and his son’s name, Samuel. The second (pictured here) commemorates his service in the Goochland County militia during the American Revolution.

The cemetery is just 50 yards southeast of the ruins of what was once the Leake family homestead. Family lore says the house was built in the late 1600s in what was then Henrico County. The cemetery is on private property and is not open to the public.

We are posting this picture to help celebrate Goochland’s involvement in the American Revolution. We hope to post more gravesites of Revolutionary War soldiers as we find them. Josiah is also listed as the builder of Woodlawn which still stands a few miles west of Centerville. The Leake family owned several mills, the ruins of one can be visited on a nature walk at Leake’s Mill Park.

12/19/2025

Holiday hours: The History Center will be closed on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25, 2025. We will also be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2026. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Address

2924 River Road W
Goochland, VA
23063

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm

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+18045563966

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