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Elkton (formerly Conrad's Store) is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. It is included in the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 2,941 at the 2020 census [ 5 ] and 2,762 at the 2010 census .
In 1912, Bedford reverted to town status, it resumed city status in 1968, [5] and once more it reverted to a town in 2013. [6] In November 1923, the town was the site of an accidental mass poisoning in which nine men were killed after drinking apple cider served at the Elks National Home. A local farmer had produced the drink and stored in a ...
[7] [8] [9] In 1741, Miller purchased 820 acres (3.3 km 2), including a large lithia spring, near Elkton, Virginia, and lived on this property for the remainder of his life. [10] [11] Much-increased settlement of this portion of the Colony of Virginia by Europeans began in the 1740s and 1750s.
Aug. 24—BLUEFIELD, Va. — A new town manager has been spending his first week on the job moving into a new office, moving into a new house and getting acquainted with the community he will be ...
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The Apex Town Council accepted Crosby’s resignation by a 4-1 vote during an emergency town meeting on Thursday. Councilman Brett Gantt, who was elected in 2021, cast the dissenting vote but said ...
Harrisonburg was named for Thomas Harrison (1704–1785), an early settler. [20]The earliest documented English exploration of the area prior to settlement was the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition, led by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood, who reached Elkton, and whose rangers continued and in 1716 likely passed through what is now Harrisonburg.
Fuenmayor has held a VA leadership role as a supervisor or manager since at least 2020. In his roughly 200-word letter to all employees, sent the day after the town hall, he said his “actions ...