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Stuarts Draft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. [3] It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area and adjacent to the South River. Its population was 12,142 as of the 2020 census. [3] Stuarts Draft has a history as an agricultural community, dating back to the 1730s.
Seven Virginia cities are now considered extinct. These should not be confused with many small developments in the 17th century that were called "cities," but in modern terminology were towns. Virginia laws enacted late in the 20th century enabled smaller independent cities to revert (or convert) to town status, which included rejoining a county.
View of Augusta County countryside across the Shenandoah Valley toward the Blue Ridge Mountains Map of Augusta County and neighboring Counties. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 971 square miles (2,510 km 2), of which 967 square miles (2,500 km 2) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km 2) (0.4%) is water. [5]
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Location of the Staunton-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area in Virginia. The Staunton–Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 125,433.
The landmark is located in the Iron Mountains, and is roughly 16 miles (26 km) north of Snake Mountain, and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Mount Rogers (the highest mountain in Virginia). The nearest town is Whitetop, Virginia, which is about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the corner. The marker can be accessed by a hiking trail.
A major aberration in the line occurs south of Damascus, Virginia due to the surveyor, Peter Jefferson (father of Thomas Jefferson), continually edging north of the proper latitude. There are three theories about this: [2] The surveyor was drunk. Iron deposits in the mountains interfered with compass readings.
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