Entries Containing All of the Phrases «craig county» AND «virginia»

By J. J. Prats, May 30, 2015

Post for the Craig County / West Virginia Marker

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1 ► Virginia, Craig County, Paint Bank — Z-209 — Craig County / West Virginia

On Virginia Route 311 near the West Virginia State Line, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.

Craig County. Area: 333 square miles. Formed in 1851 from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe. Named for Robert Craig, member of Congress. Craig Healing Springs are in this county. West Virginia. West Virginia was . . . — — Map (db m83890) HM

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2 ► Virginia, Craig County, New Castle — KH-8 — Bellevue —

On Cumberland Gap Road (Virginia Route 42) at Sugar Maple Road, on the right when traveling west on Cumberland Gap Road.

This Federal-style house, one of Craig County's few antebellum brick buildings, was constructed for merchant Robert Wiley ca. 1832, when the style was popular in western Virginia. Construction of the house coincided with the development of a . . . — — Map (db m265635) HM

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3 ► Virginia, Craig County, Simmonsville — Gravel Hill Christian Church —

On Gravel Hill Road 0.2 miles north of Cumberland Gap Road ( Route 42), on the left when traveling north.

This property has been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m265630) HM

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4 ► Virginia, Craig County, Simmonville — KH-3 — William Addison “Add” Caldwell — Virginia Tech’s First Student —

On Cumberland Gap Road (Virginia Route 42) at Sugar Maple Road (County Route 625) on Cumberland Gap Road.

Three miles north of here stands the childhood home of William Addison “Add” Caldwell. He walked 28 miles to Blaksburg on 1 October 1872 and became the first student to register at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Virginia . . . — — Map (db m84148) HM

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5 ► Virginia, Craig County, New Castle — KH-9 — Craig County Poor Farm —

On Cumberland Gap Road (Virginia Route 42) at Poorhouse Farm Road, on the right when traveling south on Cumberland Gap Road.

After the Revolutionary War, care for people facing poverty in Virginia ceased to be the responsibility of Anglican parishes and instead was managed by county-appointed “overseers of the poor.” Craig County, formed in 1851, initially assisted the . . . — — Map (db m289050) HM

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6 ► Virginia, Craig County, Newport — Z-202 — Craig County / Giles County — Area 333 square miles / Area 369 square miles —

On Blue Grass Trail (Virginia Route 42) just north of County Route 770, on the right when traveling north.

Craig County. Area 333 square miles. Formed in 1851 from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles and Monroe. Named for Robert Craig, member of Congress. Craig Healing Springs are in this county. Giles County. Area 369 square . . . — — Map (db m84146) HM

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