Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . No. 5 CALVERT STREET, (OPPOSITE BARNUMS HOTEL,). MC GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 299 LuRAY, a post-village, capital of Page county, Virginia, 136 milesNorth West from Richmond. It is pleasantly situated in a fertilelimestone valley. Here is a quarry of fine marble. Luray containsseveral churches and about 500 inhabitants. Lynchburg, a^ flourishing city oft^^m Campbell county,fei
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . No. 5 CALVERT STREET, (OPPOSITE BARNUMS HOTEL,). MC GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 299 LuRAY, a post-village, capital of Page county, Virginia, 136 milesNorth West from Richmond. It is pleasantly situated in a fertilelimestone valley. Here is a quarry of fine marble. Luray containsseveral churches and about 500 inhabitants. Lynchburg, a^ flourishing city oft^^m Campbell county,feiVf Virginia, is finelysituated on a steepdeclivity on theright (S.) bank of James river, 120 miles W. S. W. from Richmondand 20 miles S. E. from the Blue Ridge. Lat. 37° 36 N., Ion. 79°22 W. The South Side railroad, leading to Petersburg and Rich-mond, connects here with the Virginia and Tennessee railroad,which is to form part of the most direct route from the EasternStates to those of the South-west, and to be one of the principalthoroughfares ofthe Union. The James River and Kanawha canal,the greatest public work in the State, following the course of theriver from the falls at Richmond, is completed to Buchanan, about 50miles above Lynchburg, and is to be cont
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