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    Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry...
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    Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated...
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  • University of Virginia's College at Wise (UVA Wise) is a public liberal arts college in Wise, Virginia. It is part of the University of Virginia, though separately...
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  • Wise County is the name of two counties in the United States: Wise County, Texas Wise County, Virginia This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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  • Wise, Virginia Wana, West Virginia, also known as Wise Wise County, Texas Wise County, Virginia Wise River, Montana Wise Township, Michigan Wise (company)...
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    Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner from Virginia. As the 33rd Governor...
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    independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the far western tip of the state in Wise County, Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population...
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    Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The town was economically centered around the coal industry for much of its early development...
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    Appalachia (/ˌæpəˈlætʃə/) is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,754 at the 2010 census. The Appalachia post office was...
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    Pound is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was recorded as 1,037 in the 2010 United States Census. The Pound area was explored...
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    The Wise County Courthouse is located at 206 East Main Street in downtown Wise, Virginia. As well as being home to Wise County's judicial system, it also...
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    and Jonesville. Wise County, Virginia – northeast Scott County, Virginia – east Hancock County, Tennessee – south Claiborne County, Tennessee – south-southwest...
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  • located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorchester, Wise County, Virginia v t e...
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  • coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Derby, Wise County, Virginia v t e...
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  • Wise County Public Schools is a school district based in Wise, Virginia in Wise County. It operates 5 elementary/primary schools, 1 combined school, 3...
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    Upper South and Deep South. Wise County was not founded until 1856. It was named after Virginia Congressman Henry A. Wise, who had supported annexation...
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  • Bee Rock Tunnel (category Buildings and structures in Wise County, Virginia)
    Warmuth, Donna Akers. Washington County Revisted. Arcadia Publishing, May 7, 2008. pg. 57 Tennis, Joe (2014). Virginia Rail Trails: Crossing the Commonwealth...
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  • census-designated place in Wise County, Virginia, southwest of Coeburn. The population as of the 2010 Census was 782. Virginia Trend Report 2: State and...
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    Clintwood. Dickenson County, formed in 1880 from parts of Buchanan County, Russell County, and Wise County, is Virginia's youngest county. It was named for...
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  • town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linden, Wise County, Virginia v t e...
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    Virginia Governor Tim Kaine approved it on April 2, 2008. The company began constructing a 605 MWe coal fired power station in Wise County, Virginia in...
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    of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, divided Virginia into three judicial districts: the District of Virginia, which included the counties west of the Tidewater and south...
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  • Red Onion State Prison (category Buildings and structures in Wise County, Virginia)
    supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses...
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    Virginia, in Wise County, and roughly follow Virginia State Route 83 (SR 83) in Buchanan County to West Virginia Route 83 (WV 83) in McDowell County,...
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  • Wallens Ridge State Prison (category Buildings and structures in Wise County, Virginia)
    located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, housing approximately 1,200 inmates. Since opening in April 1999, it has been a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections...
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    Southwest Virginia. The U.S. Highway serves as the main east–west highway of Scott County and the primary north–south highway of Wise County. US 23 runs...
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    rises in Southwest Virginia and flows southwest into East Tennessee. The South Fork of the river rises in rural Wise County, Virginia, near the Laurel Grove...
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  • Wise County Christian School is a school in Wise, Virginia. Its mascot is the eagle. School website v t e...
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  • in the U.S. state of Virginia. The numbers begin with 600 and can go into five digits in populous counties such as Fairfax County. The same number can...
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    High Knob (category Landforms of Wise County, Virginia)
    Stone Mountain, that forms part of the border between Scott County and Wise County, Virginia, near the city of Norton that rises to 4,223 feet (1,287 meters)...
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