Point of Fork
| Columbia, Virginia | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Location of Columbia, Virginia |
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| Coordinates: 37°45′8″N 78°9′44″W / 37.75222°N 78.16222°WCoordinates: 37°45′8″N 78°9′44″W / 37.75222°N 78.16222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Fluvanna |
| Incorporated | 1788 |
| Disincorporated | 2016 |
| Named for |
Columbia (poetic name for the United States) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.20 sq mi (0.53 km2) |
| • Land | 0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 83 |
| • Density | 428/sq mi (165.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 23038 |
| FIPS code | 51-18624 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1492796 |
Columbia, formerly known as Point of Fork, is an unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers. Following a referendum, Columbia was dissolved as an incorporated town – until that time the smallest in Virginia – on July 1, 2016. As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 83, up from 49 at the 2000 census.
Columbia is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In pre-colonial times, the Point of Fork -- near Columbia where the James and Rivanna rivers meet -- was the site of a major Monacan village of Native Americans.
During the American Revolutionary War, a Patriot arsenal under the command of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben stood in what was then Point of Fork. A detachment of the Queen's Rangers, composed of American Loyalists and commanded by British Colonel John Graves Simcoe, was sent to Point of Fork by Major General Charles, Earl Cornwallis to capture and confiscate the arsenal. Upon learning of Simcoe's approach, von Steuben ordered his troops to transport the arsenal's stores across the James River; heavy artillery was dumped into the river to be recovered later. Simcoe captured the arsenal on June 5, 1781, and reported seizing a vast amount of Patriot supplies. However, von Steuben and General Lafayette reported that losses were negligible.
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