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Housing Units (2000): 3303
Land area (2000): 5.268140 sq. miles (13.644420 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.268140 sq. miles (13.644420 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31096
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.553392 N, 83.890996 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31030
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fort Valley
Wikipedia
Fort Valley may refer to:
- Fort Valley, Georgia, United States
- Fort Valley, Virginia, United States
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Fort Valley is a mountain valley in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The so-called "valley within a valley" lies between the two arms of the northern Massanutten Mountain range in the Shenandoah Valley. The valley is closed at both ends (except for a very narrow gap at the northern end through which Passage Creek flows and a single road, S.R. 678, runs) but opens out as one moves toward the center, becoming about three miles wide at its widest. In all, Fort Valley is 23 miles long.
Roads exit the valley at Edinburg Gap (S.R. 675) towards Edinburg, Moreland Gap (S.R. 730) towards New Market and Edith Gap (S.R. 675) towards Luray. There is also a dirt road that leads to Woodstock (S.R 758) over Powell Mountain. The valley is mostly rural, consisting of private farmland, surrounded by the George Washington National Forest, which covers the slopes on both the east and west mountains. The Elizabeth Furnace and Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area of the G.W. Forest are located within Fort Valley.
According to tradition, Daniel Morgan built the first road into Fort Valley from the north, at the order of George Washington, with a view to holing up in this naturally fortified valley as a possible last stand against the British during the American Revolution. The Continental Army's victory at Yorktown altered Washington's plans.
The Daniel Munch House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Usage examples of "fort valley".
The way north through the main Fort valley was easy enough, but soon they would come to the less-traveled ground.
The way north through the main Fort valley was easy enough, but soon they would come to the lesstraveled ground.
Sheronda, a young woman he'd picked up coming through Fort Valley, Georgia, one time on his way back from Detroit.