The New County Jail is a structure within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

There were many spelling variations for Appamatuck over the next two hundred years and it eventually developed for the English settlers into "Appomattox".

The new "Appomattox County" seat was put at Clover Hill because it was centrally located along the Richmond-Lynchburg stagecoach road.

There was already a stagecoach stop at Clover Hill, the new county seat hamlet which was high overlooking the Appomattox River.

After officially made the courthouse seat and the name changed to "Appomattox Court House" in 1845 there was a surge of activity in real estate.

[4] The New County Jail represents the participation of the federal government in the preservation and commemoration of historically significant events.

It is noted both as a county government seat and of a farming community in Piedmont Virginia in the nineteenth century.

There is a wooden platform on brick piers at the rear door and the metal frame walls are mortared.

The exterior walls are of local brick with half-brick vent holes into the crawl space below the first floor level.

The center north side entrance is a four-raised panel door surrounded by a four-light transom.