<P> The original village of Short Pump is located at the intersection of Three Chopt Road ( formerly known as Three Notched Trail ) , Richmond Turnpike and Pouncey Tract Road . It was named for the short handled pump that was located beneath the porch of a tavern located there . The tavern was built by Robert Hyde Saunders , a Revolutionary War veteran in 1815 . This area was on the principal route between Richmond and Charlottesville , as well as other towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains . Thomas Jefferson , the Earl Cornwallis , the Marquis de Lafayette , General Peter Muhlenberg , Stonewall Jackson and Ulric Dahlgren all visited this area . </P>
<P> The original village of Short Pump is located at the intersection of Three Chopt Road ( formerly known as Three Notched Trail ) , Richmond Turnpike and Pouncey Tract Road . It was named for the short handled pump that was located beneath the porch of a tavern located there . The tavern was built by Robert Hyde Saunders , a Revolutionary War veteran in 1815 . This area was on the principal route between Richmond and Charlottesville , as well as other towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains . Thomas Jefferson , the Earl Cornwallis , the Marquis de Lafayette , General Peter Muhlenberg , Stonewall Jackson and Ulric Dahlgren all visited this area . </P>
where did the name short pump come from
where did the name short pump come from
the short handled pump that was located beneath the porch of a tavern located there
the short handled pump that was located beneath the porch of a tavern located there