Winterham, Virginia
Winterham (also called "Ham", according to the USGS) is a mostly rural unincorporated community in central Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia, lying along at the northern terminus of SR 628 (Butlers Road). Its elevation is 338 feet (103 m) above sea level. Winterham is served by the volunteer fire department and post office at the county seat, Amelia Court House (ZIP code 23002), approximately 3 miles southwest. History Name and origin "Winterham" is one of the oldest surviving placenames in Amelia County, dating back at least to the mid-1700s. Its precise origin is unclear, but the suffix "-ham" derives from Scots hame or Old English hām, meaning "home", "estate", or "village". The earliest uses of "Winterham" probably referred not to the town but to the Winterham Plantation, approximately 4 miles northwest, whose manor house and dependencies were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. A post office was established at the town of Winterham by 1853, and by the early 1900s the town was a freight stop, at Milepost 34, on what was then the Southern Railway, originally the Richmond and Danville Railroad. The railroad station and post office have since closed, although the