About Madison Heights, Virginia

Madison Heights is a community of 10,893 people in Amherst County, just north of Lynchburg. It covers 19.5 square miles. For many years it was home to the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, later called the Central Virginia Training Center. Virginia ran a eugenics program there, and from 1924 to 1972 the state sterilized 8,300 people it had judged "unfit."

  • Earthworks for Lynchburg, 1863Late in 1863, Confederate forces set up earthworks and artillery positions near Madison Heights. They were meant to guard Lynchburg from an attack from the north. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources says enslaved African Americans most likely built them.
  • Carrie Buck and Buck v. BellCarrie Buck was a patient at the Colony when the state called her "feeble-minded" and had her sterilized. She became the plaintiff in Buck v. Bell, a case that reached the United States Supreme Court. Her story became a 1994 TV drama, Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. In 2009 the Manic Street Preachers took on the state's program in the song "Virginia State Epileptic Colony" on their album Journal for Plague Lovers.
  • Closed for good in 2020The Central Virginia Training Center closed for good in 2020. The U.S. Department of Justice had looked into it and found that it broke the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 many times. In 2025 the grounds stood empty. Plans call for turning the site into a new urban center for Madison Heights.

Find your street

Names on the Madison Heights map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks25

  • Brightwell Mill
  • City Gomingo
  • Colony
  • Edgewood
  • Glenwood
  • Great Oaks
  • Holiday Acres
  • Ivanhoe Forest
  • Lakeview
  • Lamont Acres
  • Magruder Hills
  • Martins Store
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  • Melwood Manor
  • Merry Moor
  • Montrose Heights
  • Old Stage Run
  • Prices Store
  • Ruritan
  • Sandusky Park
  • Sandy Bottom
  • Viking Fiord
  • West Bethel
  • Williamsburg Manor
  • Winesap
  • Wright Shop

Streets and roads162

  • South Amherst Highway
  • Amherst Highway
  • Colony Road
  • Amelon Road
  • Elon Road
  • Virginia Byway
  • Wright Shop Road
  • Galts Mill Road
  • Glade Road
  • Stovall South Creek Road
  • Woodland Drive
  • Mount Sinai Road
  • Dixie Airport Road
  • Possum Island Road
  • Thomas Road
  • Riverview Road
  • New Wright Shop Road
  • Winesap Road
  • Dillard Road
  • Oak Grove Drive
  • South Coolwell Road
  • Seminole Drive
  • River Road
  • Izaak Walton Road
  • South Hillcrest Drive
  • Dogwood Drive
  • Main Street
  • Eastview Drive
  • Lynchs Ferry Road
  • Lakeview Drive
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  • Pinecrest Drive
  • Bryant Road
  • Daniels Drive
  • Hilltop Drive
  • Laurel Drive
  • Learning Lane
  • Lynwood Drive
  • Tyree Circle
  • Casey Lane
  • Ragland Road
  • Shady Oak Drive
  • Mays Street
  • Sunset Drive
  • Oak Ridge Drive
  • Gwinn Road
  • Cofflin Lane
  • Todd Lane
  • Fertilizer Road
  • Odins Bow Road
  • Patrick Court
  • Liggon Road
  • Lyttleton Lane
  • Clark Street
  • Orchard Drive
  • Abbitts Drive
  • Grove Avenue
  • Phelps Road
  • Ridge Street
  • Seventh Street
  • Eighth Street
  • Newcomb Drive
  • Coleman Road
  • Penn Lane
  • Pomona Drive
  • Clearview Road
  • Martins Lane
  • Williams Road
  • Lamont Circle
  • Ninth Street
  • Wells Road
  • Royal Circle
  • Lee Drive
  • Woodland Circle
  • Brightswell Mill Road
  • Brightwells Mill Road
  • Honeyhouse Road
  • Old Wright Shop Road
  • Woodys Lake Road
  • Carolina Avenue
  • Lyn-Wood Drive
  • Gouyer Drive
  • Rocky Hill Road
  • Melwood Drive
  • Triple Oak Circle
  • Overlook Drive
  • Cedar Ridge Drive
  • Trojan Road
  • Wellview Drive
  • Fairmont Drive
  • Beasley Farm Road
  • East Colony Road
  • Hidden View Stables Lane
  • Fernridge Court
  • Morgan Road
  • Royal Garden Court
  • Woodvue Drive
  • Recycle Road
  • Jackson Drive
  • Dixie Aiport Road
  • Scotts Mill Road
  • Sirocco Lane
  • Robin Hood Place
  • Country Living Lane
  • Erin Drive
  • Mobile Lane
  • Viars Road
  • Autumn View Lane
  • Blue Bird Lane
  • Union Street
  • Layne Street
  • Shearingham Drive
  • Arrowhead Road
  • Peaceful Hollow Road
  • Wine Sap Road
  • Great Oaks Drive
  • Chapel View Drive
  • Daniels Place
  • East Progress Lane
  • Worley Drive
  • Lakeland Circle
  • Shrader Lane
  • Payne Drive
  • Maple Lawn Place
  • Alex Court
  • Bubba Lane
  • Madison Circle
  • West Vail Court
  • Rose Lane
  • Otway Drive
  • Ellis Lane
  • Jane Terrace
  • Greenwood Drive
  • River James Drive
  • Maple Drive
  • Ann Street
  • Oak Ridge Court
  • West Bethel Drive
  • Garford Road
  • Wynbrooke Place
  • Oakland Drive
  • Woodhaven Court
  • Church Street
  • Kirkland Drive
  • Fernwood Drive
  • Lamont Drive
  • Spring Street
  • New Shannon Road
  • Oak Grove Court
  • Spinner Street
  • Lynn Street
  • Reichard Drive
  • East Street
  • Safeway Drive
  • High Street
  • Cricket Hills Drive
  • Draper Drive
  • Garten Place
  • Rogers Drive
  • Story Drive
  • Alpine Drive
  • Amer Circle
  • Dylan Street

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