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Title: A hand book of Virginia
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration Koiner, George W. (George Wellington), 1852-1939
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Publisher: Richmond, Everett Waddey Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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opulation of about 300, and is situated nearthe center of the county, a short distance from Cedar creek, and six miles fromCleveland, a station on the Clinch Valley division of the Norfolk and Westernraikoad, with which it has daily mail communication. It is healthfully located,and contains churches of different denominations, a female college, newspaper,fraternal orders, hotels, stores, etc. Other towns are Hansonville, in the southwest side of the county on Moccasincreek, a handsome little village, with mill, stores, etc. Honakersville on Lewiscreek, on the north side of the county—also Dickensonville and other places inthe county, such as Honaker, Rosedale, Castlewood and Elk Garden, are convenientplaces of trade for the surrounding county. The Clinchfield Coal Company hasa valuable plant at Dante, which has a capacity of 1,000 tons daily. The popula-tion of Dante is about 2,500, and it is by far the largest place in the county. Total population of county, census of 1910, 23,474.
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207 SCOTT COUNTY. This county was formed in 1814 from Washington, Russell and Lee, and issituated in the extreme southwest portion of the State, 350 miles southwest fromRichmond, its southern boundary being the State of Tennessee. It has a popula-tion, census of 1910, of 23,814. It contains an area of 535 square miles, two-thirds of which is in cultivation. The surface is rather mountainous and hilly,although there are some fine farming and blue grass lands along Clinch river,which flows through the county from northwest to southwest, and on Holston river,in the southern part; and also a large amount of land in other sections, while notso smooth, is quite productive, yielding good crops of wheat, corn, rye, oats andbuckwheat, especially the former two. It is especially noted for its large produc-tion of sorghum and maple sugar, also butter and other dairy products. There isa considerable area devoted to the cultivation of fruit, such as apples, peaches,pears, plums, cherries and some

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