Ca Ira
Ca Ira was a small community located in Cumberland County, Virginia. Formally established in 1796, it fell into disuse in the years after the American Civil War; today, few traces of the town remain, save for the old Grace Church and a handful of houses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: human settlement
- Description: small community located in Cumberland County, Virginia
- Also known as: “Ca Ira, Virginia” and “Saira”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grace Church.
Grace Church
Church
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Grace Church is an Episcopal church in Cumberland County, Virginia. Designed by Dabney Cosby, a former assistant to Thomas Jefferson, it is the only substantial building remaining from the former community of Ca Ira, once a major tobacco exporting point on the Willis River, a tributary of the James River. Grace Church is situated 1,300 feet west of Ca Ira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillcrest and McRae.
Hillcrest
Hamlet
Hillcrest is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Hillcrest is situated 3 miles east of Ca Ira.
McRae
Hamlet
McRae is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. McRae was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. McRae is situated 3 miles southeast of Ca Ira.
Guinea Mills
Hamlet
Guinea Mills is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Guinea Mills is situated 3 miles south of Ca Ira.
Ca Ira
- Location: Cumberland, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Ca Ira” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ca Ira”
- French: “Ca Ira”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ca Ira”. Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.