VA-Z233 Alleghany County Va

Marker text: ALLEGHANY COUNTY VA

Area 458 Square Miles

Formed in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe, and named for the Alleghany Mountains. At Fort Mann in this county a battle took place between settlers and Indians led by Cornstalk, 1763.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1929

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Location: Kanawha Trail (Rt 311) at the West Virginia and Virginia state line, Alleghany County, Virginia

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