Big Rock, Virginia

Big Rock
Unincorporated community

Mine in Big Rock
Big Rock
Big Rock

Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia

Coordinates: 37°21′11″N 82°11′20″W / 37.35306°N 82.18889°W / 37.35306; -82.18889Coordinates: 37°21′11″N 82°11′20″W / 37.35306°N 82.18889°W / 37.35306; -82.18889
Country United States
State Virginia
County Buchanan
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1495268[1]

Big Rock is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia located at the convergence of County Route 650 and U.S. Route 460, a short distance from the Kentucky state line.

A post office was established at Big Rock in 1854.[2] The boulder from which the community likely took its name was destroyed in the 1930s by the building of the railroad.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Rock, Virginia
  2. "Buchanan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.


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