Stickleyville, Virginia
Stickleyville, Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 36°42′25″N 82°54′26″W / 36.70694°N 82.90722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Lee |
Area | |
• Total | 2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2) |
• Land | 2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,631 ft (497 m) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1475137[2] |
Stickleyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It has also been known as Stickleysville. The community was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census.
The community is concentrated along U.S. Route 421 near the Lee County/Scott County line in the Wallen Creek Valley. Duffield lies across Powell Mountain to the east, and Pennington Gap lies across Wallen Ridge to the northwest.
A post office was established as Stickleysville in 1850.[3] The community was named for Vastine Stickley, a pioneer settler.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files –Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickleyville, Virginia
- ^ "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.