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Impossible Trivia 11-2-26

Impossible Trivia 11-2-26

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Q: This area originally included just 50 acres and 28 blocks. What place?

A: Charlottesville

As laid out in an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 23, 1762, fifty acres of land around the Albemarle County Courthouse were divided into half acre lots with four east-west streets and five north-south streets. It is this area that now forms the center of downtown Charlottesville.

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