Octonia Stone

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name =Octonia Stone | nrhp_type = | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = June 2, 1970<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 039-0003 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Octonia_stone_2020.jpg | caption = Octonia Stone, 2020 | location = Off VA 637 north of Stanardsville, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|38|19|59|N|78|27|14|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | built = {{Start date|1721}} | added = September 15, 1970 | area = {{convert|9.9|acre}} | refnum = 70000800<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Octonia Stone''', also known as Octoney, Octeny, Octona, and Octuna Stone, is a historic boundary marker located near Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. The stone marks the terminus of the westernmost boundary line of the 24,000-acre Octonia Grant. It is a granite-type rock which is part of a natural outcropping in a hayfield. The stone is engraved with a figure 8, composed of two, nearly perfect circles, with a cross touching the top of the 8.<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Greene/039-0003_Octonia_Stone_1970_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Octonia Stone|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff| date=March 1970 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Greene/Octonia_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>

Correct coordinates are: (38.3337176, -78.4536142) - msw 11Nov2021

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Virginia Category:Boundary markers