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 . COTiWOE PARLOR, DEATTON G. MEADE. WM. BACHES. MEADE & EACHES,. DEALERS IN i^iiR Seeds and Manures, Wo. 112 FAIRFAX STREET, FL GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 237 Fayetteville, a small post village, capital of Fayette county,Virginia, 289 miles W. from Eichmond, and aLout five milesfrom New river. A few miles from the village, New river flowsalong the base of a remarkable cliff or p
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 . COTiWOE PARLOR, DEATTON G. MEADE. WM. BACHES. MEADE & EACHES,. DEALERS IN i^iiR Seeds and Manures, Wo. 112 FAIRFAX STREET, FL GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 237 Fayetteville, a small post village, capital of Fayette county,Virginia, 289 miles W. from Eichmond, and aLout five milesfrom New river. A few miles from the village, New river flowsalong the base of a remarkable cliff or precipice of stupendousheight, known by the name of Hawks Nest, or MarshallsPillar. Chief justice Marshall measured it with a line, andfound the height to be one thousand feet. Fellowsville, a small village of Preston county, Virginia, onthe turnpike from Winchester to Parkersburg. Fincastle, a handsome post village, capital of Botetourtcounty, Virginia, 175 miles W. from Eichmond. It is wellbuilt, and finely situated in a fertile and undulating valley,between the Blue Eidge and North mountain, about five milesE. from the latter. The Peaks of Otter, which rise on the bor-der of the county, are among the highest points of the BlueEidge. Fincastle contains four or five churches, tw
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