Pantops

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Pantops Mountain is in Albemarle County, directly east of Charlottesville across the Rivanna River. In 1777, Thomas Jefferson purchased some of the land for use as a farm.

According to Edward C. Mead, "Pantops--formerly written 'Pant-Ops'--was therefore, so named by Mr. Jefferson from two Greek words...meaning 'all-seeing,' significant of the extended view from its summit."^[1]

It gives its name to:

• Pantops Shopping Center,
• Pantops (neighborhood), a growth-area neighborhood in Albemarle County,
• the Pantops Master Plan for that neighborhood, or
• the proposed Pantops fire station

References

1. ↑ Mead, Edward C. Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains Virginia. 1978. C.J, Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA. 41.