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Salisbury (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 37°36′27″N 79°46′56″W / 37.60750°N 79.78222°W / 37.60750; -79
Southern States Cooperative is an American farmer-owned agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in the Richmond, Virginia area. Southern States Cooperative supplies small, medium, and large commercial farmers with livestock and animal feed, pasture seed, vegetable seed, farm fertilizers, farm supplies, bulk fuel, and crop services, including information and products to grow better crops.
White Chimneys in Salisbury Township Near White Horse in the township. Salisbury Township was carved out of Pequea Township in 1729 and named for Salisbury, England.Though still mostly agricultural, it has been a center of commerce and industry of Lancaster County, with nickel mining beginning in 1718 and a more profitable limestone mining beginning soon after.
Gap is in eastern Lancaster County, in the southern part of Salisbury Township. A small portion of the community extends south into Sadsbury Township.The gap for which the community is named is at an elevation of 580 feet (180 m) above sea level, between Mine Ridge to the west and Gap Hill to the east, both ridges rising to about 750 feet (230 m) above sea level.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
At this point, PA 372 turns north onto PA 896 and the two routes run concurrent through a mix of farms and homes. PA 372 splits from PA 896 by heading east on Christiana Pike, at which point PA 896 makes a turn to the west and enters the community of Georgetown. In Georgetown, the route makes a turn to the north and curves to the northwest ...
Salisbury was laid out by Joseph Markley in 1794, with Douglas Baker as the surveyor. [4] Peter Shirer and Martin Weimer built the first house, and Peter Shirer was also the first storekeeper. [4] Peter Shirer and Peter Welfley added more lots to the town circa 1814, John Smith added more in about 1850, and the Beachy family added still more in ...
Fort Mayo was the southernmost of the Virginia frontier forts and saw action during the French and Indian War (1754-1763) between the English and French and associated Native American allies. One of Patrick County's most prominent early settlers was Col. Abraham Penn (sometimes written Abram Penn ), born in 1743 in what is today Amherst County ...