It was named for the short handled pump that was located beneath the porch of a tavern located there. The tavern was built by Robert Hyde Saunders, a Revolutionary War veteran in 1815. This area was on the principal route between Richmond and Charlottesville, as well as other towns in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
According to legend, it was named for a short-handled public water pump that once existed behind a tavern built in 1815 by Robert H. Saunders, a Revolutionary War veteran. The tavern stood where several roads intersected with Deep Run Turnpike – to-day known as Broad Street.
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