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Map of the Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley in autumn A poultry farm with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background A farm in the fertile Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley (/ ˌ ʃ ɛ n ə n ˈ d oʊ ə /) is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.
Shenandoah, Virginia: The line is a former N&W property and it was once part of the Shenandoah District, a former N&W line. [26] The Shenandoah District was also known as the Shenandoah Valley Line, Shenandoah Line or Hagerstown to Roanoke. [27] [28] [23] Norfolk District (formerly Lamberts Point to Crewe) Norfolk, Virginia: Crewe, Virginia
In 1727, Adam Miller became the first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley. Miller was a Mennonite born in Schriesheim, Germany, who immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1724 and reached the Shenandoah Valley three years later. [6] Mass German migration to the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia began soon after 1725
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
AUGUSTA COUNTY — Sherry Bowman McClanahan is the new director of Shenandoah Valley Social Services (SVSS). Shenandoah Valley Social Services announced the appointment in a January press release ...
The Norfolk and Western Railroad fought a legal battle for the next four years to regain control. On September 30, 1890, the SVRR was reorganized as the Shenandoah Valley "Railway", with stockholders approval to sell to N&W. On December 2, the Shenandoah Valley Railway acquired the rights to the franchise of the Washington and Western Railroad ...
View east along US 33 just after entering Virginia from West Virginia in Rockingham County. US 33 enters Virginia at about 3,450 feet (1,050 m) elevation at Dry River Gap on top of Shenandoah Mountain at the West Virginia state line, having climbed steeply from the community of Brandywine, West Virginia, in the valley of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River.
Mount Jackson Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.. Mount Jackson became relatively wealthy because of its location, at the intersection of a major north–south road across the Shenandoah Valley and an east–west creek, with a mill and later a railroad line fostering development.