Esmont history comes to life in new book
A new book on history of Esmont, from its earliest beginnings through the industries that made it a thriving area, is now available. Local nonprofit Friends of Esmont teamed up with historian and author Andi Cumbo-Floyd to publish âEsmont, Virginia: A Community Carved from the Earth and Sustained by Story.â The approximately 100-page self-published book is one of the first collections of the history of the area in southern Albemarle County, beginning with the Monacan tribe, and outlining plantations, churches, schools and industries that made up the area. While some of that history ...