VA-Z138 Rockbridge County


Marker text: ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY

Area 616 Square Miles

Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute are there.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1934

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