Appalachia in Wise County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Appalachia

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 17, 2015

1. Appalachia Marker

Inscription.
The town sprang up after the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railroad made a junction here in 1890. Named for the Appalachian Mountains, in the heart of which it stands, it was incorporated in 1906; the streets were laid out in 1907. Appalachia, in the Jefferson National Forest area, is the trading center of the Wise coal fields.

Erected 1941 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number X-23.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Political Subdivisions • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 36° 54.344′ N, 82° 46.895′ W. Marker is in Appalachia, Virginia, in Wise County. It is on Callahan Avenue (Virginia Route 78) east of West Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling east. It is well hidden in the trees in a small triangle park between Route 78 and the railroad tracks. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Appalachia VA 24216, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Southwest Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Appalachia High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Appalachia: A Legacy of Railroading (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kelly View School (approx. 0.6 miles away); In Memory of Johnny Cubine (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Bee Rock Troll (approx. 0.6 miles away); Trail Head (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Lynching of Dave Hurst / Lynching in America (approx. 2.4 miles away); Big Stone Gap (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Appalachia.

More about this marker. Appalachia was on the Louisville and Nashville’s

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 17, 2015

2. Appalachia Marker

Cumberland Valley Division which ran from L&N’s main line to Atlanta at Corbin Kentucky to Norton Virginia via Cumberland Gap. It was on the Southern Railway’s branch line between Bristol Tennessee/Virginia and St. Charles Virginia. After the town was founded, a third railroad, the Interstate Railroad, built through Appalachia. Interstate was only 22 miles long and never left the county.

Downtown Appalachia image. Click for full size.

By pfly via Wikipedia Commons, May 23, 2005

3. Downtown Appalachia

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,031 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 23, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.