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Highland County is known by the nickname "Virginia's Switzerland" or "Virginia's Little Switzerland", [107] [108] in reference to the steep mountains and valleys. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] The mountains of Highland have historically attracted many tourists to the region, including Henry Ford , Thomas Edison , Harvey Firestone , and other prominent ...
The U.S. State of Virginia currently has 19 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated four combined statistical areas, 11 metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Virginia. [1]
The 3 acres (12,000 m 2) of land on Virginia Avenue where 11 houses had been taken and demolished to make way for a Virginia Avenue exit, however, was finally opened in 1988 as John Howell Memorial Park, in memory of Virginia–Highland resident and anti-freeway activist John Howell, who died from complications of HIV in 1988.
Virginia has the sixth highest per capita income of any state in the United States of America, at $23,975 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $33,671 (2003). Virginia counties and cities by per capita income (2010). Virginia counties and cities by median family income (2010). Virginia counties and cities by median household income (2010).
In the U.S. most medium-density or middle-sized housing was built between the 1870s and 1940s [10] due to the need to provide denser housing near jobs. Examples include the streetcar suburbs of Boston which included more two-family and triple-decker homes than single-family homes, [10] or areas like Brooklyn, Baltimore, Washington D.C. or Philadelphia [10] which feature an abundance of row-houses.
You don’t have to look far to find the best fall color in Virginia.
Provisions of a cluster development require that the site is at least 2 to 5 acres (20,000 m 2) and there is no minimum to lot dimensions; furthermore each house can be no more than 12 feet (3.7 m) from the street with yard that is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). There also needs to be the ability to place more than one principal building on each lot ...
As of June 2012, Virginia had 193 special-district governments, as well as numerous special agencies, areas, and districts that were subordinate to the state or to a county, city, or town government. Several examples of the many special districts and agencies created as political subdivisions for specific purposes are: