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    Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Located within the broader...
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    wide, destructive path in Southwest Virginia". WDBJ-TV. Retrieved May 14, 2020. "Common Native Trees of Virginia" (PDF). Virginia Department of Forestry...
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    traditionally Republican Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia. Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (Democratic) A. Linwood Holton, Jr., Roanoke...
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    Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, United States, 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census...
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    an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge...
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    receives more usage in southern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and most of Southwest Virginia. Co'-cola — colloquial term for Coca-Cola, but used in...
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    and 421. I-81 leads northeast 149 miles (240 km) to Roanoke, Virginia, and southwest 113 miles (182 km) to Knoxville, Tennessee. Interstate 381 (I-381)...
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    Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. Jun 10-Oct 31, 1862, Reports. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation...
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    to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by...
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    foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Wytheville is known as "The Hub of Southwest Virginia" and "The Crossroads of the Blue Ridge". Due to its elevation, the...
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  • Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school for boys in Southwest Virginia's rural...
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    traditionally Democratic counties of Southwest Virginia, similar to his weak performance in neighboring West Virginia. This would ultimately foreshadow 2016...
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    Charleston, West Virginia, and ordered him to attack the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, Richmond's primary link to Knoxville and the southwest, and to destroy...
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    Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia....
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    Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,485. A community of both Southside and Southwest Virginia, it is the...
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    Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population...
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    Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) is a public community college in Cedar Bluff. It is part of the Virginia Community College System. SWCC was...
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    land within present-day southwest Virginia. Part of the tract became Montgomery County and Pulaski County and was sold to Virginian, Irish, Scots-Irish,...
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  • a heritage trail in Southwestern Virginia, that explores the musical history of the region along Southwest Virginia's Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains...
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  • in Southwest Virginia in Abingdon, Virginia and is the gateway to regional craft, music, food outdoors, and local culture. The Southwest Virginia Cultural...
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    the Republican National Convention in July. Trump performed best in southwest Virginia, while Haley's strength lied in the urban areas of Richmond and the...
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    The Southwest Mountains of Virginia are a mountain range centered on Charlottesville, parallel to and geologically associated with the Blue Ridge Mountains...
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    of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and 68.69 miles (110.55 km) southwest of Roanoke, Virginia. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category...
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    established in 1856. The Christ Episcopal Church, John Fox, Jr. House, Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park, Terrace Park Girl Scout Cabin, June...
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    independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The city is located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan...
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    Norton". City of Norton. Retrieved May 5, 2017. Te nnis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain...
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    promotes performing arts and fine arts education for children in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Northeast Tennessee. In 2006, the organization...
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    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (category Songs about Virginia)
    year of the American Civil War, when George Stoneman was raiding southwest Virginia. Joan Baez's version peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 on 2 October 1971;...
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    Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name in Virginia. The Tri-Cities...
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    Reservoir is 400 scenic acres nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. The park is owned by The Town of Pulaski and is accessible from Interstates...
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