Beldore Hollow, Virginia

Sign for the "Beldor Hollow Overlook" along Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive in Rockingham County, Virginia

Beldore Hollow, Virginia (also referred to as "Beldor" and spelled "Beldor Hollow") is an extinct unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia. ^{[1] [2]}

The Beldore Hollow community included homesteads, farms, cemeteries, a one-room school, and a village in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The community became part of Shenandoah National Park, ^[7] and the area is now locally referred to as the "Beldor Hollow Overlook." ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

State Route 628 is locally referred to as Beldor Road. ^[12]

See also

• Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia
• Skyline Drive

References

1. Shenandoah National Park (N.P.), Facility Development Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1997.
2. "Virginia's Ghost Towns". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
3. Lambert, Darwin (January 1, 1989). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Roberts Rinehart. ISBN   978-1-4616-6398-0.
4. Jr, L. B. Taylor (July 17, 2019). The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-4397-2.
5. Hensley, Jan (2007). Sallie's Story: An Exploration Into the Lives of the Hensely, Maiden, Meadows, Gardner and Smith Families of Rockingham, Page and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. J. Hensley.
6. Eisenfeld, Sue (2015). Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN   978-0-8032-6539-4.
7. Holsinger, John R. (1975). Descriptions of Virginia Caves. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources.
8. Shenandoah National Park Long-term Ecological Monitoring System User Manuals. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 1990.
9. Manning, Russ (2000). 75 Hikes in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN   978-0-89886-635-3.
10. Virginia Geographic Names. U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division, Office of Geographic Research. 1981.
11. Conners, John A. (1988). Shenandoah National Park: An Interpretive Guide. McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-939923-02-1.
12. http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2016/AADT_082_Rockingham_2016.pdf VDOT Rockingham County 2016 Traffic Counts

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