# Octonia Stone

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{{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](/source/Stanardsville%2C_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/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](/source/boundary_marker) located near [Stanardsville](/source/Stanardsville%2C_Virginia), [Greene County, Virginia](/source/Greene_County%2C_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](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1970.<ref name="nris"/>

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

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

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