Town of Claremont History
The Town of Claremont was incorporated in 1886. J.
Frank Mancha, a Maryland real estate developer,
created the town and promoted the sale of land in the
town and the Claremont Colony surrounding it. Willie
Allen had inherited the Claremont estate, consisting
of more than 12,000 contiguous acres, after the Civil
War. He moved to New York and left it to be
subdivided and sold by others. Frank Mancha took on
the Claremont development project in 1879. After his
death in 1890, others continued to promote land sales
in the Claremont area. Although Claremont once
boasted three saloons, it never developed into the
metropolis its promoters had envisioned.
Old Pictures of
Claremont Scenes and Claremont Historic
Documents
Maps of Claremont Area.
Claremont Colony c1880
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Claremont Area 1919
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Claremont Area Today
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For more information about Claremont, see:
The Town of Claremont website at www.claremont-va.org
Claremont on the James
by Marion Sims Baird, Jr. (2002)
Claremont Manor: A
History by Eve S. Gregory
The Town of Claremont, Virginia: An Outline of Its
History 1886-1986 by Michael D. Harrison
and 1934
Claremont Telephone Directory
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