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Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
Schuyler (/ ˈ s k aɪ l ər / SKY-lur) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nelson County, Virginia, United States, close to Scottsville. [1] The population as of the 2010 Census was 298. [2] In 1882, the community—originally "Walker's Mill"—was named for Schuyler George Walker, local mill operator, and the area's first postmaster.
Miners at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, 1974. The Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Company began to develop Richlands in 1890, and company officials hoped Richlands' readily available coal, iron, and timber might make it the "Pittsburgh of the South." The company abandoned its plans following the stock market crash of ...
Rockfish Gap is underlain by greenstones of the Catoctin Formation, a late Neoproterozoic geologic unit exposed throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania. Catoctin greenstones were originally erupted as basaltic lava flows 550 to 565 million years ago and later metamorphosed and deformed during the ...
The state highway runs 41.77 miles (67.22 km) from U.S. Route 360, US 58 Business, and SR 293 in Danville east to US 360 and SR 344 near Scottsburg. SR 360 is the old alignment of US 360 through Danville, eastern Pittsylvania County , and Halifax County , including the latter's county seat of Halifax , before the U.S. Highway was moved to its ...
Rockfish Post Office in Rockfish, Virginia. Rockfish is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. [1]Looking North at the Old Rockfish Post Office and the intersection of Rt 617 and Norfolk Southern Railroad Flood damage in the Rockfish area after the passage of Hurricane Camille
US 15 at the North Carolina state line: US 15 at the Maryland state line 1926: current US 17: 255.83: 411.72 US 17 at the North Carolina state line: US 11/US 50/US 522 in Winchester: 1926: current Previously had a spur route: US 17-1 (1926–early 1930s) US 19: 88.89: 143.05 US 19 at the Tennessee state line: US 19 at the West Virginia state line
Big Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Buchanan County, Virginia located at the convergence of County Route 650 and U.S. Route 460, a short distance from the Kentucky state line. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 199. [2]