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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Census-designated place and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Big Stone Gap, Virginia micropolitan area. The community was...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Paul is a town in Russell and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 970 at the 2010 census. Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center,...
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    8794; -82.7374 Union High School, located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is part of Wise County Public Schools. Union High School is a consolidated school...
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    city is Virginia Beach. Its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population...
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    Appalachia High School (category Schools in Wise County, Virginia)
    Appalachia High School, located in Appalachia, Virginia, United States, was a part of Wise County Public Schools. Appalachia High educated approximately...
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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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  • Pound High School, which were both founded in 1953. It is part of the Wise County Public Schools system. It is a consolidated school, created by merging...
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    imparting inspiration. Wise was born on January 6, 1948. He was raised in the Kanawha Valley of Kanawha County, West Virginia, with his two sisters and...
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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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    Colonial Hotel, also known as Inn at Wise Courthouse, is a historic hotel building located in Wise, Wise County, Virginia. It was built in 1910, and is a 2+1⁄2-story...
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