Rural areas outside the community which use the Barboursville ZIP code include portions of Albemarle and Greene counties.

[6] Government officials, bankers, and land owners made a huge push to plant tobacco at the location of the Barboursville Vineyards.

Despite their advice Gianni Zonin, who had been an heir to his family’s wine business in the Veneto, became the owner to the Barbour Plantation in 1976.

He dreamed of creating a vineyard on this land despite the fact that Thomas Jefferson attempted the same goal at Monticello and failed for many years.

Located in the small village of Barboursville, the theater is the cultural hub for the community, serving as both an artistic and educational center.

A few months after moving into its new location, Four County Players showcased its talents in its new home with The Stingy Mr. Pennypincher, directed by Bill Thomas.

Funded by the Governor’s Manpower Services Council, TREE enabled Four County Players to hire disadvantaged youths and teach them marketable jobs skills directly related to theater.

Launching the Scholarship Program In 1980, Ralph and Marcelia Hall, two long-time patrons, wanted to recognize the contributions of the young thespians and technicians who came to share their numerous talents with the community.

The red brick ruins are what remains of the home Thomas Jefferson designed for James Barbour, the Governor of Virginia from 1812 to 1814.

Four County Players prides itself in producing quality productions that involve volunteers from the community and keep generations of audiences returning for years.

This move was crucial to the company’s business due to the fact their site in Somerset would run out of shale at the end of the year.

[8] A group called Friends of Barboursville banded together to speak against the mining at two Planning Commission public hearings.

The case was then taken to the Virginia Supreme Court who, in January 2005, decided in favor of the plaintiffs, the result being that no mining at the site in question was permitted to go forward.