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Historical marker at Galax. The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; [5] The town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. [6]
Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., a privately held family and employee-owned corporation (13% via ESOP) [1] headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia. [2] K-VA-T Food Stores owns the Food City Distribution Center (formerly Mid ...
Designated VLR. November 20, 1979; June 19, 2008 [ 2] Petersburg Old Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 174 contributing buildings located in the oldest section of Petersburg. It includes a varied collection of late 18th- through 20th-century architecture.
Website. www.graysoncountyva.gov. Grayson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,333. [1] Its county seat is Independence. [2] Mount Rogers, the state's highest peak at 5,729 feet (1,746 m), is in Grayson County.
June 11, 1969. Designated CP. July 04, 1980. Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [ 2] City Market, also known as Farmers Market, is an historic public market located at 9 East Old Street in Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1878–1879 through a land given in trust by merchant Robert Balling. The City Market is an octagonal brick building.
Location of Galax in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Galax, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Galax, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Galax Commercial Historic District. / 36.66472°N 80.92028°W / 36.66472; -80.92028. Galax Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Galax, Virginia. The district encompasses 67 contributing buildings in the central business district of Galax. A few of the buildings are one-story storefronts, but a majority ...
Designated VLR. May 16, 1972 [2] New Market Historic District is a national historic district located at New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the crossroads town of New Market. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from 19th century.