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Giles County / Pulaski County
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By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Giles County Marker (obverse) | | |
Inscription. (obverse)
Giles County
Area 369 square miles
Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county.
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Pulaski County
Area 333 square miles
Formed in 1839 from Wythe and Montgomery, and named for Count Casimir Pulaski, killed at the siege of Savannah, 1779. New River flows through this county.
Erected 1946 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number Z 258.)
Location. 37° 12.081′ N, 80° 44.185′ W. Marker is near Staffordsville, Virginia, in Giles County. Marker is on Pulaski Giles Turnpike (Virginia Route 100) 0.3 miles north of Little Creek Road (Virginia Route 601), on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pearisburg VA 24134, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Old-Fashioned Camp Meeting (approx. 2.3 miles away); Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mountain Evangelist (approx. 3.2 miles away); Battle of Cloyd's Mountain (approx. 5.5 miles away); First Settlement (approx. 8.4 miles away); Pearisburg (approx. 8.7 miles away); Page’s Meeting House (approx. 8.7 miles away); Eggleston's Springs (approx. 9.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Staffordsville.| | | | 
By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Pulaski County Marker (reverse) | | |
Also see . . .
1. Giles County, Virginia. (Submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
2. Pulaski County, Virginia. (Submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
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By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011 | |
| | | 3. Pulaski Giles Tpke (facing north) | | |
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By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011 | |
| | | 4. Pulaski Giles Tpke (facing south) | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 161 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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