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That year, it was the sixth largest civic club in the United States with more than 1,000 clubs in nineteen states. [6] In 2024, Ruritan National has over 23,000 members in more than 900 local clubs. [5] Its national headquarters is located in Dublin, Virginia. [9] Its publication is the Ruritan Magazine. [10]
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]
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 districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
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The 2008 Shad Planking event. The Shad Planking is an annual political event in Virginia which takes place every April near Wakefield in Sussex County.It is sponsored by a chapter of the Ruritans, a community service organization which was founded in the small town of Holland about 30 miles to the southeast.
Virginia's 9th congressional district from January 3, 2023. Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state.
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