Big Rock, Virginia

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Big Rock
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Big Rock
Big Rock (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°21′11″N82°11′20″W / 37.35306°N 82.18889°W / 37.35306; -82.18889
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Buchanan
Population
 (2020)
 • Total199
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1495268 [1]

Big Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)in Buchanan County, Virginia located at the convergence of County Route 650 and U.S. Route 460, a short distance from the Kentucky state line. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 199. [2]

A post office was established at Big Rock in 1854. [3] The boulder from which the community likely took its name was destroyed in the 1930s by the building of the railroad. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Rock, Virginia
  2. ↑ "Big Rock CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Buchanan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN   978-1-57072-256-1.


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