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Powell Valley near Norton, VA Looking up towards Grindstone Ridge from Powell Valley . Powell Valley in southwest Virginia, in the United States, is located near the city of Norton and the town of Big Stone Gap in Wise County, Virginia. Powell Valley is a picturesque location, with an overlook accessible from the Northbound lanes of U.S. Route ...
The Powell River is a 195-mile-long river in the United States that rises in Southwest Virginia and flows southwest into East Tennessee.. The South Fork of the river rises in rural Wise County, Virginia, near the Laurel Grove community northwest of Norton and flows for several miles before the confluence with Roaring Fork in the Kent Junction community.
Powell Mountain (or "Powells Mountain") is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a long and narrow ridge, running northeast to southwest, from about Norton, Virginia, to near Tazewell, Tennessee. [1] It separates the Clinch River basin and the Powell River basin of Powell Valley. It was named ...
Guest River, North Fork Clinch River, Powell River, Coal Creek, Poplar Creek, Emory River The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than 300 miles (480 km) through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee , gathering various tributaries , including the Powell River , before joining the Tennessee ...
The southwestern terminus of Cumberland Mountain is marked by the northwest-trending Jacksboro Fault, a lateral ramp fault (part of the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault). The northwestern terminus is located near Norton, Virginia, where the hard sandstones dip below the surface as the axis of the Powell Valley anticline plunges to the northeast.
Dry River Gap on U.S. Route 33 in Virginia to Harrisonburg-Franklin; Buffalo Gap on Virginia State Route 42 to Clifton Forge; Goshen Pass on the Maury River; Allison Gap, Virginia on Poor Valley Road 613, Smyth County; East Stone Gap, Virginia on Orby Cantrell Highway or U.S. Route 58 Alternate; Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Rose Hill was the site of Martin's Station, the westernmost frontier fort built by Indian trader and later Brigadier General Joseph Martin, namesake of Martinsville, Virginia, and one of the first explorers of the Powell Valley. [7] After Indian raids on his Powell Valley settlement, Martin abandoned his early fort.
Mockerson Gap and Powell's Valley Road (not in any list) (not on 1848 map) (not a turnpike) 1804-05 ch. 56: Moccasin Gap to Powell Valley; Moorfield and Alleghany Turnpike BPW 603. Moorefield, WV to Northwestern Turnpike with spur to Petersburg, WV (1838 ch. 186, 1848-49 ch. 180) Moorfield and North Branch Turnpike BPW 604