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2. Raphine, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The name "Raphine" was chosen in honor of James Edward Allen Gibbs (1829-1902), a local farmer who patented a novel single-thread chain-stitch sewing machine on June 2, 1857. Gibbs had named his home in the area ("Raphine Hall"), and the new railroad station ("Raphine"), after the ancient Greek word "rhaphis", meaning "needle.".

3. Kennedy-Wade Mill - Wikipedia

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   July 13, 1979, May 26, 1994 (Boundary Increase) Designated VLR. May 16, 1978, March 10, 1994 [ 2 ] The Kennedy-Wade Mill, or Wade's Mill, is a grist mill and national historic district located in Raphine, Virginia and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [ 3 ] It was originally built c. 1750 by Captain Joseph Kennedy.

4. Virginia State Route 56 - Wikipedia

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   State Route 56. State Route 56 (SR 56) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 60.87 miles (97.96 km) from U.S. Route 11 (US 11) at Steeles Tavern east to US 60 near Buckingham. SR 56 is the main east–west highway of Nelson County. The state highway connects the county seat of Lovingston with ...

5. Rockbridge County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.co.rockbridge.va.us. Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. [1] Its county seat is the city of Lexington. [2] Rockbridge County completely surrounds the independent cities of Buena Vista and Lexington.

6. Interstate 81 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Interstate 81 in Virginia. Interstate 81 (I-81) is an 855.02-mile-long (1,376.02 km) Interstate Highway. In the US state of Virginia, I-81 runs for 324.92 miles (522.91 km), making the portion in Virginia longer than any other state's portion of the route. It is also the longest Interstate Highway within the borders of Virginia.

7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockbridge ...

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   Location of Rockbridge County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockbridge County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...

8. U.S. Route 11 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in western Virginia. At 339 miles (546 km), it is the second longest numbered route (after US 58) and longest primarily north–south route in the state. It enters the state from Tennessee as the divided routes US 11E and US 11W at Bristol, roughly follows the West Virginia ...

9. Cyrus McCormick Farm - Wikipedia

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   The farm is near Steele's Tavern and Raphine, close to the northern border of Rockbridge and Augusta counties in the U.S. state of Virginia, and is currently a museum run by the Virginia Agricultural Experimental Station of Virginia Tech. The museum has free admission and covers 5 acres (2.0 ha) of the initial 532-acre (215.3 ha) farm.