<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 1495125 </Td> </Tr> <P> Short Pump is a census - designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States . It is an affluent suburb of Richmond, Virginia . The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census . </P> <P> The original village of Short Pump is located at the intersection of Three Chopt Road (formerly known as Three Notched Trail), Richmond Turnpike and Pouncey Tract Road . 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 . Thomas Jefferson, the Earl Cornwallis, the Marquis de Lafayette, General Peter Muhlenberg, Stonewall Jackson and Ulric Dahlgren all visited this area . </P> <P> The crossroads was officially named Short Pump by 1853, according to a Henrico County map found in the Virginia Historical Society . </P>

Where did the name short pump come from