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Riner is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 Census was 1,196. [1] Riner had its beginnings in 1808 when a sawmill was put into operation. The town was first called Old Forks, and then later Five Forks and Five Points. It was known primarily as Auburn from about 1850 until 1882. [2]
South of the junction of VA 637 and 603 over North Fork of Roanoke River: Ironto: Bridge removed in 1995 2: Harrison-Hancock Hardware Company Building: November 13, 1989 (#89001877) March 19, 2001: 24 E. Main St: Christiansburg: Demolished in 1995 3: Montgomery White Sulphur Springs Cottage: November 13, 1989 (#89001884) March 19, 2001
Riner Historic District is a national historic district located at Riner, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the village of Riner. It includes a variety of vernacular residential, commercial, and institutional buildings dating from the 1850s to 1920s.
Leo Patrick Burke (May 6, 1934 – October 13, 2023) was an American utility player in Major League Baseball.The graduate of Virginia Tech played two full seasons and parts of five others in MLB as a rightfielder, second baseman and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs (1958–59; 1961–65).
The middle school students moved to the old Riner Elementary building when it was vacated. [4] The current Auburn High School building was completed in September, 2013. The Riner Elementary School, opened 41 years earlier, was razed and the lot is now used for sports activities. The 1938 high school building was converted to a middle school. [5]
Delegate Years Home county Party Lifespan Watkins Abbitt, Jr. 1986–2001 Appomattox: Democratic: 1944– 2001–2012 Independent: M. Hill Abernathy: 1940–1948
Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities was the United States' first statewide historic preservation group. In 2003 the organization adopted the new name APVA Preservation Virginia to reflect a broader focus on statewide Preservation and in 2009 it shortened its name to Preservation Virginia.
The 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.It fought mostly in the mountainous area that today encompasses the border regions of Virginia and West Virginia, and was part of Jubal Early's Army of the Valley during the Valley Campaigns of 1864.