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301 East Baker Street
Gordonsville, VA 22942 Get Directions
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Gordonsville’s Famous Fried Chicken Festival

Gordonsville Fire Company Fair Grounds 301 East Baker Street, Gordonsville, VA

Gordonsville is famous for its fried chicken, which was served to passengers of trains stopping in town during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by local women carrying platters of the delicacy on their heads. Nationally-known at that time, Gordonsville's fried chicken earned the town the nickname of "chicken-leg center of the universe". To […]