Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Virginia Tech Airport
Erected 2005 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number I-23.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects marker series.
Location. 37° 12.318′ N, 80° 24.518′ W. Marker is in Blacksburg, Virginia, in Montgomery County. Marker is on Tech Center Drive 0.1 miles east of Kraft Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blacksburg VA 24060, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Eastern Continental Divide & 1763 Proclamation Line (approx. 1.2 miles away); Founding of the Future Farmers of Virginia (approx. 1.2 miles away); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (approx. 1.2 miles away); Smithfield (approx. 1.2 miles away); Blacksburg Motor Company Building 1924 (approx. 1½ miles away); William Ballard Preston (approx. 1½ miles away); John Redd Hutcheson (approx. 1.6 miles away); Thomas Barksdale Hutcheson (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blacksburg.
Also see . . . Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport. (Submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
Categories. • Air & Space • Education • War, World II •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 421 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.