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Website. www .graysoncountyva .gov. Grayson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,333. [1] Its county seat is Independence. [2] Mount Rogers, the state's highest peak at 5,729 feet (1,746 m), is in Grayson County.
Grayson Highlands State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and lies within the Jefferson National Forest. The park was established in 1965 and contains a total of 4,502 acres (1,822 ha). [1] The park hosts a number of outdoor activities including ...
Independence is a town located in and the county seat of Grayson County, Virginia. [5] At the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 1,001. [2] It is situated on Virginia's Crooked Road, a heritage trail celebrating the musical heritage of Southwest Virginia. The town and county are noted for the original red brick 1908 Courthouse at the ...
Brookside Farm and Mill. / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W / 36.61833; -81.22528. Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three-bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet.
Fries (pronounced "freeze") is an incorporated town located on the New River in Grayson County, Virginia, 15.5 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of the county seat in Independence — in Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands and on Virginia's musical heritage trail, The Crooked Road . Named after prominent cotton mill owner, Francis Henry Fries, the ...
March 1, 2011. Designated VLR. December 16, 2010 [2] Spring Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Fries, Grayson County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses 184 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the wooded and agricultural northeastern corner of Grayson ...
Stephen G. Bourne House, also known as Bourne-Hale House, is a historic home located at Fries, Grayson County, Virginia. It was built about 1829, and is a two-story, rectangular, weatherboarded log structure on a fieldstone foundation. It features a one-story, three-bay porch with square wood columns and two brick chimneys on the east end and ...
Matthews State Forest. Matthews State Forest is a Virginia state forest located in Grayson County, near the City of Galax. It is used for research into the American chestnut, as well as for demonstration of forestry management techniques; it serves as watershed protection and as a wildlife sanctuary, and has facilities for hiking.