Montgomery County
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Montgomery-Giles County Marker
Waymark Code: WMPBG
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2006
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Montgomery County
Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montomgery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is here.
Virginia Conservation Commission, 1942.
Giles County
Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county.
Virginia Conservation Commission, 1942
Marker Number: Z-83
Marker Title: Montgomery County
Marker Location: 460 at the Giles/Montgomery County Line
County or Independent City: Montgomery-Giles
Marker Program Sponsor: Virginia Conservation Commission
Web Site: Not listed
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