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Southwest Virginia is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth, with a culture more closely associated with Appalachia than the rest of the state. It has diverse geography, economy, and political representation, and includes counties, cities, towns, and rivers.
Roanoke is an independent city in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the Appalachian Mountains. Learn about its history, from Native American tribes to railroad boomtown to service economy, and its geography, from its location to its landmarks.
A comprehensive list of mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia, arranged by mountain ranges. Find the names, elevations, and locations of peaks in the Appalachian, Cumberland, Blue Ridge, and other mountain systems.
New River Valley is a four-county area along the New River in Southwest Virginia, USA, with features such as Claytor Lake, Jefferson National Forest, and Radford University. It is also part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area and has a history of colonial and Civil War conflicts.
A comprehensive list of 95 counties and 38 independent cities in Virginia, with links to maps, population, area, and history. Virginia has several counties and cities with the same name, but different locations and origins.
A state park and museum in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, dedicated to preserving the history of southwestern Virginia. The museum is located in a historic house built in 1895 and features exhibits on coal, pioneers, and local celebrities.
The Southwest Mountains are not particularly large, the highest point barely reaching 1,800 feet. They are one of the easternmost ranges in Virginia (along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains and Catoctin Mountain) and the viewshed for the Blue Ridge Mountains through Nelson and Albemarle Counties.
The area of far western Virginia and eastern Kentucky supported large Archaic Native American populations. The first known Europeans to enter what is present-day Lee County were a party of Spanish explorers, Juan de Villalobos and Francisco de Silvera, sent by Hernando de Soto in 1540, in search of gold. [3]