Rocky Point | |
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  Rocky Point Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia  Rocky Point Rocky Point (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′46″N79°36′42″W / 37.57944°N 79.61167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Botetourt |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Rocky Point is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. [1]
Rocky Point was one of 38 post offices in Botetourt County in 1893, according to the Fincastle Herald. [2] By the early 20th century, Rocky Point was a small hamlet. Rocky Point's population was 15 in 1900, [3] 14 in 1909, [4] and 14 in 1925. [5]
Starting in 1918, the Librerty Lime and Stone Company began mining in Rocky Point. A spur line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reached its terminus at the mine. [6]
Montgomery County is a county located in the Valley and Ridge area of the U.S. state of Virginia. As population in the area increased, Montgomery County was formed in 1777 from Fincastle County, which in turn had been taken from Botetourt County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,721. Its county seat is Christiansburg, and Blacksburg is the largest town. Montgomery County is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area. It is dominated economically by the presence of Virginia Tech, Virginia's third largest public university, which is the county's largest employer.
Upshur County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,816. Its county seat is Buckhannon. The county was formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of Virginia. Upshur served as United States Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler.
Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Before the Civil War, the county was in the State of Virginia.
Roanoke County is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,929. Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of Cave Spring.
Botetourt County is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
Buchanan is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was the western terminus of the James River and Kanawha Canal when construction on the canal ended.
Daleville is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,070 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located along U.S. Route 220. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fincastle is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 755 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Botetourt County.
Confidence is a small unincorporated community in Wayne County, Iowa, United States. Located in south central Iowa, the community lies along County Highway J18 in the northeastern corner of its county, just west of Rathbun Lake.
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Roanoke MSA is sometimes referred to as the Roanoke Valley, even though the Roanoke MSA occupies a larger area than the Roanoke Valley. It is geographically similar to the area known as the Roanoke Region of Virginia, but while the latter includes Alleghany County, the former does not. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 315,251.
In the U.S. state of Virginia, U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a major north-south state highway that extends from the North Carolina state line through Roanoke to the West Virginia state line. South of Roanoke, US 220 is a four-lane highway within the proposed Interstate 73 (I-73) corridor. US 220 narrows to two lanes north of Roanoke, connecting to I-64 near Clifton Forge and then paralleling the Appalachian Mountains north-northeasterly in the direction of Cumberland, Maryland.
Eagle Rock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, located along the James River between Iron Gate and Buchanan. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 209.
Glen Wilton is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 129 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located along the James River, between Eagle Rock and Iron Gate. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Roanoke Region is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke. Its usage may refer to the metropolitan statistical area or the Roanoke Valley, but it sometimes includes areas in the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley which includes Alleghany County, Montgomery County, Covington, Clifton Forge, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford. Bedford County and Floyd County are sometimes included as part of the region.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs.
Coal City is an unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
Pleasant Richardson was a resident of Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia, where he was a former slave, a property owner, and Civil War veteran.
Thomas Shanks was an American slave owner and politician who won three elections to represent Botetourt County in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Waggener Magisterial District is one of ten magisterial districts in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The district was originally established as a civil township in 1863, and converted into a magisterial district in 1872. In 2020, Waggener District was home to 2,483 people.
The postal facilities of the county are unsurpassed in the State, it having 38 postoffices, as follows, viz.: County Seat—FINCASTLE, Amsterdam, Arch Mills, Baldwin Station, Bessemer, Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt, Brugh's Mills, Buchanan, Cloverdale, Coyner's Springs, Dagger's, Daleville, Eagle Rock, Gala, Glen Wilton, Haymakertown, Houston Mines, ImlianRock,Tron Mound, Kyle, Lick Run, Lithia, Munford, Parr, Purgatory, Roaring Hun, Rocky Point, Salisbury Furnace, Salt Petre Cave, Silent Dell, Spring wood, Strom, Tinker Knob, Trinity, Troutville, Waskey's Mills, Zion's Hill.
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