Editing Louisa County, Virginia (section)

===20th century to present===
[[File:20110504-RD-LSC-0451 - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|thumb|[[Cooper Vineyards]] in [[Louisa, Virginia|Louisa]] is the first winery on the East Coast and the second in the country to be awarded the fourth and highest, Platinum certification by [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]] (LEED)]]

The [[Twin Oaks Community]] is one of the country's oldest secular [[Intentional community|communes]], established by its first eight members in 1967. This was part of a national movement among numerous young people to "get back to the land" and live in more simple ways based in community. Louisa is also home to the [[Acorn Community]], a rural, cooperative, income sharing community on about 80 acres, founded in 1993 by one of the founding members of Twin Oaks, Kat Kincade. Another newly forming community as of 2011 is the [[Living Energy Farm]], a 'neo-[[Amish]]' farm, where no fossil fuels will be used but new technologies such as solar will be embraced.

[[Lake Anna]], a {{convert|13000|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[artificial lake]], and the associated [[North Anna Nuclear Generating Station]] were built by [[Dominion Virginia Power|Virginia Power]] in the 1970s. In recent years the predominantly rural county has grown because of [[retiree]]s' settling near Lake Anna, and because of its convenient location for [[commuters]]. It is an hour's drive or less from [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]].<ref name=Obama>{{cite news
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For a discussion and additional information on Louisa County history, see: ''Louisa County Historical Notes''.<ref>[http://louisatown.org/co-hist.htm Pattie Cooke, "Louisa County Historical Notes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511212328/http://louisatown.org/co-hist.htm |date=May 11, 2008 }}, Excerpt from ''Louisa & Louisa County'', Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing, 1997</ref>