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The Piedmont region of Virginia is a part of the greater Piedmont physiographic region which stretches from the falls of the Potomac, Rappahannock, and James Rivers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The region runs across the middle of the state from north to south, expanding outward to a width of nearly 190 miles at the border with North Carolina.
The Piedmont region in the Appalachian Highlands. The Piedmont (/ ˈ p iː d m ɒ n t / PEED-mont) [1] is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States.It is situated between the Atlantic Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south.
1.1 Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. ... This list of peaks of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is listed starting from north to south. ... Piedmont Monadnocks
The park is long and narrow, with the Shenandoah River and its broad valley to the west, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont to the east. Skyline Drive is the main park road, generally traversing along the ridgeline of the mountains.
Appomattox County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area, and its county seat is the town of Appomattox. [1] Appomattox County was created in 1845 from parts of four other Virginia counties.
Rappahannock County is a county located in the northern Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, US, adjacent to Shenandoah National Park. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 7,348. [1] Its county seat is Washington.
The Piedmont is a series of sedimentary and igneous rock-based foothills east of the mountains which were formed in the Mesozoic. [9] The region, known for its heavy clay soil, includes the Southwest Mountains. [10] This region corresponds to the EPA's Piedmont (#45) and Northern Piedmont (#64) regions.
The Piedmont area had long been inhabited by indigenous peoples. At the time of European encounter, mostly Siouan-speaking tribes lived in this area. Bedford County was established by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Lunenburg County. [4]