Wilderness is an unincorporated community on the border of Orange and Spotsylvania counties in Virginia. The community is centered at the intersection of Virginia primary 20 and Virginia primary 3.[1]
The name likely comes from the nearby thick forest known as The Wilderness Forest, where a Civil War battle nearby known as the Battle of the Wilderness occurred. Locust Grove is the official mailing address for Wilderness.
Pilgrim Baptist Church is a historically Black church in Wilderness, in 1974 Rev. Earl Bledsoe was pastor.[2]
References
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Orange County Happenings". Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune. December 12, 1974.
Coordinates: 38°19′32″N 77°43′33″W / 38.32556°N 77.72583°W