- Greene County, formed from Orange County in 1838, was named for Nathanael Greene of American Revolutionary War fame. In 1716 Governor Alexander Spotswood and his "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" traveled through Greene on their historic expedition to the summit of the Blue Ridge Mountains, reaching Swift Run Gap a short distance from what came to be Stanardsville . Stanardsville has always been the county seat. The present Greene county courthouse was built in 1838 on land donated by Robert Stanards and a county office building was completed in 1938. On October 24, 1979 a fire destroyed the county office and part of the courthouse. The courthouse was restored.
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