Old Rag, Virginia

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Old Rag (sometimes written Oldrag) [1] was an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, on Old Rag Mountain. Originally known as Weakley Valley, Old Rag was inhabited by white people in the 1770s. By 1900, Old Rag had a post office, [2] a school, two churches and two stores, [3] [4] and a cemetery. [5]

In 1936 the Old Rag post office, which was the last remaining post office in Shenandoah National Park, closed permanently. [6] Residents of Old Rag and several other communities were resettled to Ida Valley near the Madison Courthouse. [7] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "He surveys the Old Rag Racecourse". Richmond Times-Dispatch. June 11, 1952. p. 18 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Postmaster at Old Rag, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. 1 2 "Mountain Settlements (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
  4. ↑ "Oldrag, Va Minister explains conditions prevailing in highlands". Evening Star. September 1, 1929. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Horning, Audrey J. (January 2000). "Shenandoah's Secret History". Archaeology. 53 (1): 49. JSTOR   41779445 . Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Old Rag, Virginia. Post office closed". Evening Star. January 23, 1936. p. 14.
  7. ↑ "Byrd leads trot to top of old rag". Evening Star. October 24, 1960. p. 25.

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