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Staunton (/ ˈ s t æ n t ən / STAN-tən) is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,750. [6] In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government offices of Augusta County are in Verona, which is contiguous to Staunton. [7]
The Roanoke River (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) runs 410 miles (660 km) long [1] through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. [2] A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains southeast across the Piedmont to Albemarle Sound.
The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. Its county seat is Staunton, [1] but most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona. The county was created in 1738 from part of Orange County and was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ...
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 Staunton, 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. [1]
Located in a rural area, much of the original beauty of "Captain Staunton's River" still exists. The Staunton River State Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [2] The national historic district encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures. They ...
State Route 4 (SR 4) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Buggs Island Road, the state highway runs 11.02 miles (17.73 km) from the North Carolina state line near Palmer Springs north to U.S. Route 58 (US 58) near Midway. SR 4 connects US 58 with John H. Kerr Dam, which impounds the Roanoke River to form Kerr Lake ...
Location; Country: United States: States: Virginia North Carolina: Counties (Virginia) Floyd Halifax Mecklenburg Patrick Pittsylvania: Counties (North Carolina) Caswell Rockingham Stokes: Physical characteristics; Source: divide between Dan River, Smith River and New River • location: about 2 miles northeast of Rock Castle Gap [2] • coordinates
Southampton County from 1895 map of Virginia. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 602 square miles (1,560 km 2), of which 599 square miles (1,550 km 2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km 2) (0.5%) is water. [6] Southampton County is bounded by the Blackwater River on the east and the Meherrin River on the west.