Aylett, Virginia

Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

37°47′9″N 77°6′17″W / 37.78583°N 77.10472°W / 37.78583; -77.10472CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCounty King WilliamElevation

79 ft (24 m)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)ZIP code

23009^[1]

Area code804

Aylett is an unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia, United States.^[2] It is located where Virginia State Route 360 crosses the Mattaponi River. William Aylett and his family had several prominent warehouses and mills in the area.^[3]

Formerly, Todd's Bridge (no longer in existence), or simply Todd's, was north of Aylett. Todd's and Aylett were both mentioned in Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 legislation as a location for a public tobacco inspection warehouse.

Later, in 1781, Todd's Bridge provided crossing of the Mattaponi as a part of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route ^[4]

Burlington, Holly Hill, Roseville Plantation, and Zoar are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

References

^ "Aylett ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aylett, Virginia
^ On January 23, 1776, the following, signed by William Aylett, appeared in the Williamsburg Gazette: "To be rented...the tavern at Aylett's Warehouse...the very Public situation of this place, the great Resort of company to it, and the Advantage of boarding a number of Merchants, are so well known, that a particular description is unnecessary. The terms may be known by applying to....Mr. Robert Pollard, at my store in Aylett's, or the subscriber in Williamsburg." This warehouse was at Aylett's Landing, on the Mattaponi
^ http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/W-RRREV.htm "After Bolling Green, the route proceeded southeast, and crossed the Mattaponi river at Todds' Bridge [no longer in existence, but located north of locations identified with ‘Aylett' on the southern side of the river]. "
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.