Mineral, Virginia

Mineral is a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States.

The town has a very deep history of mining, which gave her the name "Mineral" in 1902 (Originally the town's name was Tolersville) Mineral was originally known as Tolersville,[5] but adopted its current name when it incorporated in 1902 due to the mining industry that supported the community.

[7] According to Associated Press, it "forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Florida to Canada.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km2), all land.

30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Map of Virginia highlighting Goochland County