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id="toc-U.S._Route_220-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Virginia_State_Route_84" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Virginia_State_Route_84"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Virginia State Route 84</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Virginia_State_Route_84-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Other transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Community_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Community_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Community 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<span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_Census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_Census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>2010 Census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_Census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Government and politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attractions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attractions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> 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class="mw-page-title-main">Highland County, Virginia</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_K%C5%ABn_(Virginia)" title="Highland Kūn (Virginia) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Highland Kūn (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Хайланд (окръг, Вирджиния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хайланд (окръг, Вирджиния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Highland County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Virginia)" title="Highland County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Highland County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Highland County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Highland County, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County_(Virginia)" title="Highland County (Virginia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Highland County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlandi_maakond_(Virginia)" title="Highlandi maakond (Virginia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Highlandi maakond (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Highland_(Virginia)" title="Condado de Highland (Virginia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Highland (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_konderria_(Virginia)" title="Highland konderria (Virginia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Highland konderria (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="شهرستان هایلند، ویرجینیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان هایلند، ویرجینیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Highland_(Virginie)" title="Comté de Highland (Virginie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Highland (Virginie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="هایلند ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="هایلند ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C%EA%B5%B0_(%EB%B2%84%EC%A7%80%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="하일랜드군 (버지니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하일랜드군 (버지니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="হাইল্যান্ড কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="হাইল্যান্ড কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Highland_(Virginia)" title="Contea di Highland (Virginia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Highland (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_megye_(Virginia)" title="Highland megye (Virginia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Highland megye (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="هایلند (ویرجینیا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هایلند (ویرجینیا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_G%C3%B4ng_(Virginia)" title="Highland Gông (Virginia) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Highland Gông (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_County_(Virginia)" title="Highland County (Virginia) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Highland County (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="ハイランド郡 (バージニア州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ハイランド郡 (バージニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Highland County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Highland County Courthouse in Monterey"><img alt="Highland County Courthouse in Monterey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg/200px-Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg/300px-Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg/400px-Highland_County_Courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Highland County Courthouse in Monterey</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Highland_County,_Virginia_seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Highland County"><img alt="Official seal of Highland County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Highland_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png/100px-Highland_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Highland_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png/150px-Highland_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Highland_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="170" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Virginia"><img alt="Map of Virginia highlighting Highland County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="1082" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Virginia's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/300px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/450px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Virginia_in_United_States.svg/600px-Virginia_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Virginia's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Highland_County,_Virginia&params=38.35_N_79.56_W_type:city(2232)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°21′N</span> <span class="longitude">79°34′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.35°N 79.56°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.35; -79.56</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1847</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest town</th><td class="infobox-data">Monterey</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">416 sq mi (1,080 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">415 sq mi (1,070 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.7 sq mi (2 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.2%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,232</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5.4/sq mi (2.1/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 6th congressional district">6th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highlandcova.org">www<wbr />.highlandcova<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Highland County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. state)">Commonwealth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 2,232, making it the state's least populous county.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known as "Virginia's Switzerland" or "Virginia's Little Switzerland", Highland County is the least populous jurisdiction in Virginia, including counties and independent cities. Highland lays claim to being one of the least populous counties and one of the highest average elevations east of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Settlement of this portion of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europeans</a> began around 1745. Located west of the <a href="/wiki/Tidewater_region_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidewater region of Virginia">Tidewater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_region_of_Virginia" title="Piedmont region of Virginia">Piedmont</a> regions in Virginia and also west of the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a>, this area is beyond (known in old Virginia as the "Transmountaine") the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a>. Rather than cross such a formidable physical barrier, most early settlers came southerly up the Valley across the Potomac River from <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. Many followed the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wagon_Road" title="Great Wagon Road">Great Wagon Road</a>, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Valley_Pike" title="Valley Pike">Valley Pike</a> (<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_11_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 11 in Virginia">U.S. Route 11</a> in modern times). As German immigrants began to push over the mountains to the northern area of the present county, those of Scots-Irish descent settled in the southern part. </p><p>Even after Virginia and the other 12 colonies won their independence from <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> after the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, the area remained sparsely populated. In the 1840s, the historic <a href="/wiki/Staunton-Parkersburg_Turnpike" class="mw-redirect" title="Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike">Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike</a> was built through the area. Engineered by <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Crozet" title="Claudius Crozet">Claudius Crozet</a> through the mountainous terrain, it was a <a href="/wiki/Toll_road" title="Toll road">toll road</a> partially funded by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Board_of_Public_Works" title="Virginia Board of Public Works">Virginia Board of Public Works</a>. The turnpike formed an important link between the upper <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-spturnpike.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spturnpike.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highland County was formed in 1847 from <a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton County</a> after a bill was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a> on March 19 of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-act1847_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-act1847-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The desire for the new county's formation arose due to multiple reasons, including the distances from the areas in present-day Highland to the county seats of Bath and Pendleton and the advantageous position of the new turnpike.<sup id="cite_ref-history114_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history114-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highland was named for its lofty elevation.<sup id="cite_ref-origin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Control of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike became crucial during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> (1861–1865). By all accounts, documented in many letters home from young troops, a miserable winter in 1861 was spent by <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> troops holding opposing high elevation positions along the road. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_McDowell" title="Battle of McDowell">Battle of McDowell</a>, the first Confederate victory of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas J. Jackson">Stonewall Jackson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a> campaign, took place at <a href="/wiki/McDowell,_Virginia" title="McDowell, Virginia">McDowell</a> on May 8, 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-spturnpike.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spturnpike.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 20th century, the Turnpike was re-designated as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_250" title="U.S. Route 250">U.S. Route 250</a>. In the 21st century, it remains Highland County's major east–west roadway, and crossing into West Virginia, becomes a <a href="/wiki/National_Scenic_Byway" title="National Scenic Byway">National Scenic Byway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-spturnpike.org_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spturnpike.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, Highland County has a total area of 415.9 square miles (1,077.2 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 415.2 square miles (1,075.4 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.2%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's western border is naturally defined and lies along the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Continental_Divide" title="Eastern Continental Divide">Eastern Continental Divide</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a>. Likewise, the eastern border lies along the ridge line of <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Mountain" title="Shenandoah Mountain">Shenandoah Mountain</a>. The northern and southern boundaries of the county are defined more artificially, cutting across numerous mountain ridges and valleys.<sup id="cite_ref-national_hydromap_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_hydromap-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is bordered to the west by <a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas County</a> in the state of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, to the north by <a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton County, West Virginia</a>, to the east by <a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County, Virginia</a>, and to the south by <a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath County, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-community_profile1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is 153 miles (246 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Hightown,_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg/220px-View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg/330px-View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg/440px-View_from_Hightown%2C_Virginia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>A typical view of valleys and mountain ridges near Hightown</figcaption></figure> <p>The average elevation of Highland County is 2,832 feet (863 m), which is the 16th highest average elevation among counties in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cohp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cohp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest elevation in the county is 4,545 feet (1,385 m) in the Allegheny Mountains and the lowest elevation is 1,625 feet (495 m) near the <a href="/wiki/Cowpasture_River" title="Cowpasture River">Cowpasture River</a> southwest of <a href="/wiki/Patna,_Virginia" title="Patna, Virginia">Patna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-natResources_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natResources-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The western regions of the county are generally higher in elevation than are the eastern and especially southeastern regions.<sup id="cite_ref-elev_map_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elev_map-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the county lies within the <a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>, it features numerous valleys and mountain ridges that are generally oriented in a "northeast to southwest" direction.<sup id="cite_ref-natResources_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natResources-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The valleys are from west to east the Alleghany Valley, the Bluegrass Valley, the Monterey Valley, the Bullpasture Valley, and the Cowpasture Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-history8_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scott7_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scott7-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the county and all the southern portions of the county form part of the <a href="/wiki/James_River" title="James River">James River</a> watershed, while northern sections drain into the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a>. West of Monterey, the divide is roughly centered along the path of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_250" title="U.S. Route 250">U.S. Route 250</a>; however, in eastern Highland County, the James watershed extends further northward.<sup id="cite_ref-natResources_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natResources-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-watershed_map_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watershed_map-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg/220px-Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg/330px-Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg/440px-Highland_County_Virginia_Census_Map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1173" data-file-height="1407" /></a><figcaption>Map of Highland County showing magisterial districts</figcaption></figure> <p>The westernmost valley, the Alleghany Valley, is narrow and situated between <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountain_(West_Virginia%E2%80%93Virginia)" title="Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia–Virginia)">Allegheny Mountain</a> to the west and Lantz Mountain to the east. It is drained by <a href="/wiki/Back_Creek_(Jackson_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Creek (Jackson River)">Back Creek</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_River_(Virginia)" title="Jackson River (Virginia)">Jackson River</a>, in the southern section of the county and is drained by Straight Fork to the north. The <a href="/wiki/Laurel_Fork_(North_Fork_South_Branch_Potomac_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurel Fork (North Fork South Branch Potomac River)">Laurel Fork</a> runs to the west of Alleghany Valley, joining the Straight Fork in Pendleton County, West Virginia to the north to form the <a href="/wiki/North_Fork_South_Branch_Potomac_River" class="mw-redirect" title="North Fork South Branch Potomac River">North Fork South Branch Potomac River</a>. The Bluegrass Valley contains the headwaters of the Jackson River south of U.S. 250 and the <a href="/wiki/South_Branch_Potomac_River" title="South Branch Potomac River">South Branch Potomac River</a> to the north. The northern section of the valley, in the area of the village of <a href="/wiki/Blue_Grass,_Virginia" title="Blue Grass, Virginia">Blue Grass</a>, is considerably wider than the southern section of the valley. The Jackson River flows out of Bluegrass Valley to the east through Vanderpool Gap approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Hightown,_Virginia" title="Hightown, Virginia">Hightown</a>. A short distance south, the Bluegrass Valley is drained by the Back Creek. Monterey Valley is located roughly in the center of the county, and its drainage is separated at Monterey. To the north of Monterey, the valley is drained by the Strait Creek and South Branch Potomac River; to the south, the valley is drained by the Jackson River. The Bullpasture Valley is drained throughout the county to the south by the <a href="/wiki/Bullpasture_River" title="Bullpasture River">Bullpasture River</a>. The Cowpasture Valley, the easternmost valley in the county, is mostly drained to the south by the Cowpasture River, although a small portion to the north is drained by the <a href="/wiki/South_Fork_South_Branch_Potomac_River" class="mw-redirect" title="South Fork South Branch Potomac River">South Fork South Branch Potomac River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-national_hydromap_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_hydromap-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history11-13_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history11-13-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath County</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pendleton County, West Virginia">Pendleton County, West Virginia</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas County, West Virginia</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protected_areas">Protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highland County contains parts of the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_National_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington National Forest">George Washington National Forest</a> concentrated mainly along the county's western and eastern borders.<sup id="cite_ref-public_land_map_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-public_land_map-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Highland_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Highland Wildlife Management Area">Highland Wildlife Management Area</a>, held by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Department_of_Wildlife_Resources" title="Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources">Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources</a>, is a 14,283-acre (57.80 km<sup>2</sup>) <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife preserve">wildlife preserve</a> located in three distinct locations within the county. These locations include the Jack Mountain tract southwest of McDowell, the Bullpasture Mountain tract south of McDowell in the southeastern corner of the county, and the Little Doe Hill tract west of McDowell.<sup id="cite_ref-WMA_info_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMA_info-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WMA_map_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMA_map-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Forest">national forest</a> and Highland Wildlife Management Area combined account for 71,455 acres (289.17 km<sup>2</sup>) of Highland County's land, or approximately 28% of the county's total land area.<sup id="cite_ref-overview1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All of Highland County is located within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone" title="United States National Radio Quiet Zone">United States National Radio Quiet Zone</a>, a 13,000-square-mile (34,000 km<sup>2</sup>) area of limited radio activity. The area is intended to minimize interference at the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope" title="Green Bank Telescope">Green Bank Telescope</a> operated by the <a href="/wiki/National_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory" title="National Radio Astronomy Observatory">National Radio Astronomy Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Green_Bank,_West_Virginia" title="Green Bank, West Virginia">Green Bank, West Virginia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Grove_Station" title="Sugar Grove Station">Sugar Grove Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Grove,_West_Virginia" title="Sugar Grove, West Virginia">Sugar Grove, West Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NRAO_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAO-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate_and_weather">Climate and weather</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate and weather"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th> <a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey, VA</a> </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.7018em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.3288888888889em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5511111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">37</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.8288888888889em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.60528em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.44em;height:2.5555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9955555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">41</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.94em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.0828em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.3288888888889em;height:2.5555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.8844444444444em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">49</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8288888888889em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">26</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.89484em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.2177777777778em;height:2.7777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.995555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">59</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.7177777777778em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">34</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.17932em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.3288888888889em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.995555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">68</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.8288888888889em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">44</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.07772em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.217777777778em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.884444444444em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">76</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7177777777778em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">52</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.15392em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.662222222222em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.328888888889em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">80</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.1622222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">56</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.49352em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">2.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.44em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.106666666667em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">78</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.94em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">54</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.72212em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.7733333333333em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.44em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">72</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.2733333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">48</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.80848em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.5511111111111em;height:2.8888888888889em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.44em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.0511111111111em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">37</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.80848em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.6622222222222em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.106666666667em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">51</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.1622222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">29</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.76276em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.7733333333333em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.1066666666667em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">42</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.2733333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">21</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em">Source: NOAA (normals, 1971–2000);<sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Weather Channel<sup id="cite_ref-weather_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Metric conversion</th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.7018em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">85</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.3288888888889em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5511111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">3</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.8288888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−8</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.60528em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">80</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.44em;height:2.5555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9955555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">5</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.94em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−8</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.0828em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">104</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.3288888888889em;height:2.5555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.8844444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8288888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−3</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.89484em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">95</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.2177777777778em;height:2.7777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.995555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">15</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.7177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">1</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.17932em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">109</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.3288888888889em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.995555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">20</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.8288888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">7</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.07772em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">104</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.217777777778em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.884444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">11</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.15392em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">108</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.662222222222em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.328888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">27</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.1622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">13</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.49352em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">75</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.44em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.106666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">26</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.94em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.72212em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">86</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.7733333333333em;height:2.6666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.44em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.2733333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.80848em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">90</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.5511111111111em;height:2.8888888888889em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.44em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.0511111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">3</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.80848em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">90</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.6622222222222em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.106666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">11</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.1622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−2</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.76276em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">88</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.7733333333333em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.1066666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">6</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.2733333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−6</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Highland County is in the <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">marine west coast climate</a> zone, with a <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> of <i>Cfb</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-weatherbase_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weatherbase-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, Highland experiences warm summers with an average temperature less than 72 °F (22 °C) during all months. In addition, the region features consistent rainfall year-round and lacks a dry season.<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monterey, the county seat, is representative of the average climate of Highland, as it is situated at roughly the mean elevation for the county.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook8-9_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook8-9-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Locations in the county's higher elevations experience cooler temperatures whereas locations in lower elevations experience warmer and milder temperatures.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook8-9_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook8-9-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest temperature on record in Monterey occurred in January 1985 at −26 °F (−32.2 °C) and the highest recorded temperature occurred in July 1952 at 95 °F (35 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-weather_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winter season is long in Highland, though less severely cold than other locations.<sup id="cite_ref-history21_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history21-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average annual temperature for the county is 47.6 °F (8.7 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1948 to 1990, the average annual precipitation was 40.96 inches or 1,040.4 millimetres and the average annual snowfall was 34.40 inches or 0.87 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-regionalClimate_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regionalClimate-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tornadoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tornadoes">Tornadoes</a> in Highland County are very rare, with only one tornado on record in the county with the <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tornadoes_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tornadoes-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VAtornado_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VAtornado-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This tornado occurred on April 28, 1959, at approximately 3:00 PM near <a href="/wiki/Mustoe,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia">Mustoe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-data_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-map_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tornado's classification on the <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">Fujita scale</a> is reported by the National Weather Service in its database to be unknown,<sup id="cite_ref-data_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though another document records it as an F1.<sup id="cite_ref-tornadoes_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tornadoes-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exact path of the tornado is uncertain, however, no damage or injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-tornadoes_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tornadoes-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another possible, but unconfirmed, tornado touchdown may have occurred on April 4, 1974, during the <a href="/wiki/1974_Super_Outbreak" title="1974 Super Outbreak">1974 Super Outbreak</a>. A barn and chicken house were damaged during this storm and a building was lifted off its foundation in the Big Valley area.<sup id="cite_ref-VAtornado_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VAtornado-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1955, Highland County has experienced twenty instances of severe hail, which is defined by the National Weather Service as hailstones having a diameter of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm). If the old definition of at least <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inch (1.9 cm) diameter hailstones is considered, the county has experienced twenty-two instances of severe hail during the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-hail_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hail-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highland County has significant wind resources, attaining an average annual wind power class of 5 in some regions.<sup id="cite_ref-natResources_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natResources-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-windMap_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-windMap-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Class 5 wind power is considered excellent for generating electricity via <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">wind power</a>, with average annual wind speeds between 16.8 and 17.9 miles per hour (27.0 and 28.8 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-windMapVA_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-windMapVA-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1955 and 2012, there have been twenty-one instances of damaging wind in the county on record with the National Weather Service. Of the nine instances which have estimated wind speeds, the average maximum gust speed was 52.8 miles per hour (85.0 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-wind_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wind-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cows_Blue_Grass,_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg/220px-Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg/330px-Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg/440px-Cows_Blue_Grass%2C_Virginia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Cattle near Blue Grass</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 2013, Highland County's labor force was composed of 1,142 people and had an <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployment rate">unemployment rate</a> of 5.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-bls_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bls-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, agriculture has played a significant role in the economy of Highland County. <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">Cattle</a> grazing is especially suited for the area as the mountainous terrain leaves only a small fraction of the total land suitable for cultivation.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook19-20_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook19-20-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agricultural purposes use approximately 36% of the county's land.<sup id="cite_ref-land_use_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-land_use-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting accounted for 7.8% of the jobs in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile5_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile5-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to 2007 census data, there were 239 farms, 76,764 acres (310.65 km<sup>2</sup>) of farmland, and 8,581 acres (34.73 km<sup>2</sup>) of harvested cropland in the county. <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">Wool</a> production is a significant industry in the county,<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile5_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile5-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was ranked fifth in Virginia in 2010 for the largest number of lamb and sheep with approximately 4,500 head. Highland County in 2010 had approximately 8,000 head of cattle, 53rd in the state, and produced 15,700 tons of <a href="/wiki/Hay" title="Hay">hay</a> in 2009, also ranked 53rd in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-agr_data_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agr_data-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county has 211,300 acres (855 km<sup>2</sup>) of <a href="/wiki/Lumber" title="Lumber">timberland</a>, of which the majority is on private lands.<sup id="cite_ref-timber_data_73_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timber_data_73-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1986 and 2001, the average annual average harvest value of timber in the county was $1,248,889, ranked 54th in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-timber_value_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timber_value-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest employment sector in the county in 2012 was government, accounting for 34.1% of jobs. Among government jobs, local government jobs represented the majority, with 25.7% of jobs in all sectors. The finance and insurance sector accounted for 9.6% of all jobs, and health care and social assistance accounted for 8.2%. Construction held 7.2% of jobs, followed by retail trade with 6.8%. The remainder of jobs were distributed among various other sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile5_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile5-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest employers were Allen Lowry Logging and Highland County Public Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile6_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile6-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highland County is located in the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalachian region">Appalachian region</a> as defined by the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Regional_Commission" title="Appalachian Regional Commission">Appalachian Regional Commission</a> (ARC).<sup id="cite_ref-ARC_list_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARC_list-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county as of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> is considered to have a "transitional" economy by the ARC, meaning it ranks "between the worst 25 percent and the best 25 percent" of counties and it is in a transitional period between weak and strong economies.<sup id="cite_ref-ARC_data_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARC_data-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Route250_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Route250_Virginia.jpg/220px-Route250_Virginia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Route250_Virginia.jpg/330px-Route250_Virginia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Route250_Virginia.jpg/440px-Route250_Virginia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Route 250 near Hightown</figcaption></figure> <p>Highland County does not possess within its borders any section of the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System" title="Interstate Highway System">Interstate Highway System</a>, though east–west <a href="/wiki/Interstate_64" title="Interstate 64">Interstate 64</a> and north–south <a href="/wiki/Interstate_81" title="Interstate 81">Interstate 81</a> are accessible in adjacent Augusta County near <a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Virginia" title="Staunton, Virginia">Staunton</a>. Highland County has three <a href="/wiki/List_of_primary_state_highways_in_Virginia" title="List of primary state highways in Virginia">primary state highways</a>, which are <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_84" title="Virginia State Route 84">Virginia State Route 84</a> and two <a href="/wiki/U.S._Routes" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Routes">U.S. Routes</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_250" title="U.S. Route 250">U.S. Route 250</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_220" title="U.S. Route 220">U.S. Route 220</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_county_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport_county-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-highland_map_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highland_map-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These primary routes have experienced increases in traffic volumes in recent years,<sup id="cite_ref-transport_county_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport_county-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the highest <a href="/wiki/Annual_average_daily_traffic" title="Annual average daily traffic">annual average daily traffic</a> for any location in the county in 2008 was 1600 vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-aadt_map_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadt_map-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All primary routes and over 213 miles (343 km) of secondary roads in the county are serviced and maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Department_of_Transportation" title="Virginia Department of Transportation">Virginia Department of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_county_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport_county-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Route_250">U.S. Route 250</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: U.S. Route 250"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monterey,_Virginia_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg/220px-Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg/330px-Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg/440px-Monterey%2C_Virginia_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>U.S. 250 in Monterey</figcaption></figure> <p>U.S. 250 enters Highland County from the west on the Virginia-West Virginia border from <a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas County, West Virginia</a> at an elevation of approximately 4,280 feet (1,300 m). The road traverses 32.45 miles (52.22 km) within the county.<sup id="cite_ref-aadt_data_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadt_data-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon entering the county, U.S. 250 descends into the Back Creek valley, whereafter it crosses the long ridge of Lantz mountain. The route then reaches the village of <a href="/wiki/Hightown,_Virginia" title="Hightown, Virginia">Hightown</a> where it intersects Virginia State Route 640.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-250_map_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250_map-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hightown marks the division between the watersheds of the James and Potomac Rivers, for the headwaters of the Jackson River, a tributary of the James, and the South Branch Potomac River are located near the village.<sup id="cite_ref-hightown_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hightown-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leaving Hightown, U.S. 250 ascends Monterey Mountain before descending to the county's seat of Monterey. In Monterey, U.S. 250, the county's major east–west route, intersects the county's major north–south route, U.S. 220. Continuing eastward, U.S. 250 follows the flow of Crab Run through mountainous terrain towards McDowell. Here, the route crosses the Bullpasture River and winds its way towards the Cowpasture River, after which it enters the village of <a href="/wiki/Head_Waters,_Virginia" title="Head Waters, Virginia">Head Waters</a>. From Head Waters, U.S. 250 ascends in elevation on a winding and mountainous path to enter Augusta County, Virginia over Shenandoah Mountain.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-250_map_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250_map-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Continuing on U.S. 250 east provides access to Interstate 64 and Interstate 81 near Staunton.<sup id="cite_ref-highland_map_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highland_map-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Route_220">U.S. Route 220</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: U.S. Route 220"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>U.S. 220 is Highland County's major north–south route, entering Highland County from the north from Pendleton County, West Virginia. The road traverses 23.59 miles (37.96 km) within the county.<sup id="cite_ref-aadt_data_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadt_data-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> mile (1.2 km) after entering the county, U.S. 220 crosses the South Branch Potomac River at <a href="/wiki/Forks_of_Waters,_Virginia" title="Forks of Waters, Virginia">Forks of Waters</a>. Leaving Forks of Waters, U.S. 220 continues in a southwesterly direction on a roughly straight and level route passing the village of <a href="/wiki/Possum_Trot,_Virginia" title="Possum Trot, Virginia">Possum Trot</a> to the town of Monterey. Here, the route intersects U.S. Route 250.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-220_map_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220_map-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South of Monterey, U.S. 220 passes by <a href="/wiki/Trimble_Knob" title="Trimble Knob">Trimble Knob</a>, a conical shaped hill that was an active <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcano</a> or <a href="/wiki/Diatreme" title="Diatreme">diatreme</a> 35 million years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-trimble_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trimble-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Continuing south, U.S. 220 follows creek and river valleys in between mountain ridges and passes through the villages of <a href="/wiki/Vanderpool,_Virginia" title="Vanderpool, Virginia">Vanderpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mustoe,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia">Mustoe</a>. Approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Monterey, U.S. 220 enters Bath County, Virginia near the village of <a href="/wiki/Bolar,_Virginia" title="Bolar, Virginia">Bolar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-220_map_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220_map-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following U.S. 220 south through Bath County into <a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany County, Virginia</a> leads to a connection with Interstate 64 near <a href="/wiki/Covington,_Virginia" title="Covington, Virginia">Covington, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-highland_map_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highland_map-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Virginia_State_Route_84">Virginia State Route 84</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Virginia State Route 84"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg/220px-HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg/330px-HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg/440px-HighlandCounty.wmg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="691" /></a><figcaption>A foggy summer morning viewed from State Route 84</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_84" title="Virginia State Route 84">Virginia State Route 84</a></div> <p>State Route 84 enters Highland County from Pocahontas County, West Virginia in the southwestern part of Highland. The route travels 14.94 miles (24.04 km) in Highland through the villages of <a href="/wiki/Mill_Gap,_Virginia" title="Mill Gap, Virginia">Mill Gap</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meadowdale,_Virginia" title="Meadowdale, Virginia">Meadowdale</a> before reaching U.S. 220 at Vanderpool.<sup id="cite_ref-national_map_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national_map-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aadt_data_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadt_data-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84_map_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84_map-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_transportation">Other transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highland County has no public airfields; however, there is a private airfield located within the county south of Monterey.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_county_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport_county-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commercial air transportation is available at the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley_Regional_Airport" title="Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport">Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport</a> in neighboring Augusta County, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-community_profile10_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-community_profile10-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highland County also lacks any rail lines; the nearest railroad is a <a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a> line located in Augusta County, which also provides passenger rail service via <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> in <a href="/wiki/Staunton_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Staunton (Amtrak station)">Staunton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_county_49-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport_county-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, no permanent rail lines ever existed within the county's borders, though several were proposed. In the 1870s, there were prospects of a railroad named the Washington, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railroad entering the county. This line was proposed as a <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railroad">narrow gauge railroad</a> to be built from <a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg, Virginia</a> to Monterey and then westward into West Virginia, eventually reaching western markets. The railroad, which has been described as being "so poorly conceived that its failure was inevitable", was never built.<sup id="cite_ref-hilton_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hilton-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another potential railroad to enter Highland County was chartered by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a> on February 29, 1892, as the Augusta, Highland, and Alleghany Railroad. This railroad was to connect with either the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">Chesapeake and Ohio Railway</a> or Valley Railroad in Augusta County and build a line towards Monterey.<sup id="cite_ref-rail_charter_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail_charter-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history141_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history141-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Augusta, Highland, and Alleghany Railroad appears to have never been organized or built, as documents from 1911 and 1922 state that no railroad existed in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-history233_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history233-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-handbook25_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook25-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prospects of a railroad reaching Highland were limited due to the mountainous terrain and a general lack of sufficient traffic to make such an investment economically viable.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook25_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook25-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_services">Community services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Community services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently, <a href="/wiki/Public_education_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Public education in the United States">Public education</a> in Highland County for grades <a href="/wiki/K-12_(education)" class="mw-redirect" title="K-12 (education)">K-12</a> is provided by Highland County Public Schools. The district has one elementary school, Highland Elementary School, serving grades kindergarten through 5th, and one high school, Highland High School, serving grades 6th though 12th. The high school includes a middle school division consisting of grades 6th through 8th that is in a separate location in the building from the core high school. Both the elementary and high schools are housed in one building located southeast of Monterey.<sup id="cite_ref-overview3_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-commerce_edu_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commerce_edu-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-education_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-education-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monterey_topo_map_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monterey_topo_map-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is the smallest school district in Virginia in terms of the student body, with a total student count just exceeding 200.<sup id="cite_ref-school_district_welcome_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-school_district_welcome-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-avg_students_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avg_students-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first record of educational services in the area of Highland County is from 1755 with the arrival of a teacher by the name of William Steuart. It was not until 1820 that education became publicly supported, having been left to private hands previously. Though the system established in 1820 was of a rudimentary quality, books sufficient for teaching <a href="/wiki/The_three_Rs" title="The three Rs">the three Rs</a> were provided by public funds. Additional subjects were studied, such as geography and grammar, as resources were available.<sup id="cite_ref-history150-153_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history150-153-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first tax levied in support of the public schools was passed in 1847<sup id="cite_ref-Scott95_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scott95-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the county was divided into twelve school districts in 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-history150-153_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history150-153-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous small schools were distributed throughout the county, and by 1893, there was a total of 47 schools.<sup id="cite_ref-93handbook_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93handbook-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 1900s, the county was divided into three school districts: Blue Grass, Monterey, and Stonewall. In 1922, the county's school districts were consolidated into one district and there were "52 one- and two-room grammar schools" and "three accredited four-year high schools". By 1929, the total number of schools decreased to 32 as the school district became more consolidated. In 1957, all high schools in the county were consolidated and all high school students were located at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_High_School_(Monterey,_Virginia)" title="Monterey High School (Monterey, Virginia)">Monterey High School</a>. High school students were again transferred in 1963 to the current high school building, and by 1985, all elementary students were transferred to Monterey Elementary School, housed in the building previously used as the Monterey High School. In 1997, the elementary school was transferred to the complex of the high school, forming the present day status of the school district.<sup id="cite_ref-vaNRHPnom_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vaNRHPnom-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are no colleges or universities located in Highland County. There are several colleges and universities, however, within the neighboring counties and surrounding area. These include <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Community_College_(Virginia)" title="Blue Ridge Community College (Virginia)">Blue Ridge Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_University" title="James Madison University">James Madison University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>, among others. These institutions are generally within a two-hour drive from Highland County.<sup id="cite_ref-education_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-education-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highland County does not have a <a href="/wiki/Hospital" title="Hospital">hospital</a>, the closest being in neighboring Augusta and Bath Counties, such as <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Health" title="Augusta Health">Augusta Health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-services_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highland Medical Center, Inc. is located in Monterey and is the only general patient care medical facility in Highland County. The center opened in 1996 and became a <a href="/wiki/Federally_Qualified_Health_Center" title="Federally Qualified Health Center">Federally Qualified Health Center</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-services_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-commerce_health_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commerce_health-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highland County is one of four counties in Virginia and one of only 50 counties in states east of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>) that is designated as a frontier county.<sup id="cite_ref-frontier_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frontier-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This designation is applied because of Highland's remote characteristics with a low population density and limited access to healthcare and other services.<sup id="cite_ref-commerce_health_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commerce_health-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-frontier_def_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frontier_def-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_fire_department" title="Volunteer fire department">volunteer fire departments</a> servicing Highland County. The southern portions of the county are serviced by the Bolar Volunteer Fire Department headquartered in the village of Bolar in neighboring Bath County, Virginia. The McDowell Volunteer Fire Department, organized in 1978, serves the areas of McDowell, <a href="/wiki/Doe_Hill,_Virginia" title="Doe Hill, Virginia">Doe Hill</a>, and Head Waters.<sup id="cite_ref-services_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-overview4_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview4-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fire_department_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fire_department-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The areas of Monterey and <a href="/wiki/Blue_Grass,_Virginia" title="Blue Grass, Virginia">Blue Grass</a> are served by the Highland County Volunteer Fire Department. <a href="/wiki/Rescue_squad" title="Rescue squad">Rescue squad</a> services for the county are provided by the Highland County Volunteer Rescue Squad which has locations in Monterey and McDowell.<sup id="cite_ref-services_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-overview4_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview4-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Highland County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services to the entire county and is located in Monterey.<sup id="cite_ref-services_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-services-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the department had 7 sworn deputies and employed 5 civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-crime_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crime-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>4,227</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>4,319</td><td></td><td>2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>4,151</td><td></td><td>−3.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>5,164</td><td></td><td>24.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>5,352</td><td></td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>5,647</td><td></td><td>5.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>5,317</td><td></td><td>−5.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>4,931</td><td></td><td>−7.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>4,525</td><td></td><td>−8.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>4,875</td><td></td><td>7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>4,069</td><td></td><td>−16.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>3,221</td><td></td><td>−20.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>2,529</td><td></td><td>−21.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>2,937</td><td></td><td>16.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>2,635</td><td></td><td>−10.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>2,536</td><td></td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>2,321</td><td></td><td>−8.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>2,232</td><td></td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Highland County, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>2,284 </td> <td>2,132 </td> <td>98.41% </td> <td>95.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0.26% </td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0.17% </td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>4 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0.17% </td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0.00% </td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0.00% </td> <td>0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>5 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>0.22% </td> <td>2.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>18 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>0.78% </td> <td>1.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>2,321</b> </td> <td><b>2,232</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Census">2010 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2010 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 2,321 people, making it the least populous county in Virginia. The county was the fifth least populous county east of the Mississippi River and the 115th least populous county in the entire United States.<sup id="cite_ref-countystats_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countystats-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 1,081 households and 721 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 5.59 people per square mile (2.16 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,837 housing units at an average density of 4.42 units per square mile (1.71 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 98.6% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.5% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.2% from two or more races. 0.8% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestry of the population was 30.5% <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 16.4% <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a>, 14.5% <a href="/wiki/Scotch-Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch-Irish American">Scotch-Irish</a>, 11.6% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, 11.3% <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a>, and 4.8% <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a>. The remainder of the population was split among twelve other different countries of mostly European origin, all of which accounted for less than 100 people each.<sup id="cite_ref-census-social_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-social-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 1,081 households, out of which 17.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.60.<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 14.9% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 38.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $63,636, and the median income for a family was $76,566. Males had a median income of $53,704 versus $41,720 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $33,326. About 7.8% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_87-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The religious makeup of Highland County is composed mainly of <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> denominations. According to a 2010 study, 60.8% of the population claimed adherence to a religious group. The largest denomination in 2010 was the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a> with 709 members, or 30.5% of the population, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(U.S.A.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)">Presbyterians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nondenominational_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondenominational Christianity">non-denominational Christians</a>, each with 219 members or 9.4% of the population. 132 people, or 5.7% of the population were members of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a>. The remaining 5.5% of the population adhering to a religious group was composed of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Brethren" title="Church of the Brethren">Church of the Brethren</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_of_Prophecy" title="Church of God of Prophecy">Church of God of Prophecy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal Church</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, each having less than one hundred members.<sup id="cite_ref-arda_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arda-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United Methodist Church held 50.2% of those claiming adherence to a particular religious organization, the ninth highest such rate for the United Methodist Church among all counties in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-ASARB_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASARB-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local government of Highland County consists of a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> to serve four-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three magisterial districts divide the county, which are, from west to east, Blue Grass, Monterey, and Stonewall.<sup id="cite_ref-govt_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govt-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Board of Supervisors oversees all "legislative and administrative affairs of the county." A chief administrative officer of the county is selected from the three members of the Board. The Board of Supervisors also appoints a <a href="/wiki/County_administrator" title="County administrator">county administrator</a> who handles the implementation of county policies and ordinances. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, other elected members of the county government include the "County Treasurer, the Commissioner of Revenue, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Commonwealth Attorney, and the County Sheriff." Monterey, the county seat, is an <a href="/wiki/Incorporated_town" title="Incorporated town">incorporated town</a> and thus has its own government officials consisting of a town council and a mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-govt_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govt-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highland County levies a 1% sales tax, a 1.5% personal property tax, a 1% machinery and tools tax, and a .37% real estate tax.<sup id="cite_ref-overview3_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tax_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tax-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 46% of the county's total revenue in 2010 was derived from local taxes, of which 76% was accounted for in property tax levies. The remaining 54% of the county's revenue was from state and federal sources.<sup id="cite_ref-govt_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govt-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highland County has historically been one of the most consistently reliable strongholds for the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> in national elections, voting for the Republican candidate for <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">U.S. President</a> in every election since 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-CQPressResults_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQPressResults-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-countyElections_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countyElections-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, since the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_1989" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 1989">1989 Virginia Gubernatorial Election</a>, the county has voted for the Republican candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-countyElectionsGov_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countyElectionsGov-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, Highland County is located in <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 6th congressional district">Virginia's 6th congressional district</a><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is represented in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> by Republican <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cline" title="Ben Cline">Ben Cline</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US_house_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_house-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county, along with the rest of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is represented in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> Senators <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US_Senate_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Senate-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highland County is located in the 25th <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">Senate of Virginia</a> district represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/R._Creigh_Deeds" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Creigh Deeds">R. Creigh Deeds</a><sup id="cite_ref-VA_Senate_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VA_Senate-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 20th <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> district represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard P. Bell">Richard P. Bell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VA_House_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VA_House-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is a <a href="/wiki/Dry_county" title="Dry county">dry county</a>, meaning the "on-premises sale of <a href="/wiki/Liquor" title="Liquor">liquor</a> by the drink" is prohibited. Highland is the northernmost of ten dry counties in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-abc_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"> <caption><b>Local Officials</b><sup id="cite_ref-commerce_govt_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commerce_govt-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-leaders_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leaders-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Board of Supervisors </th> <th>County Administrator </th> <th>County Treasurer </th> <th>Commissioner of Revenue </th> <th>Clerk of the Circuit Court </th> <th>Commonwealth Attorney </th> <th>Sheriff </th></tr> <tr> <td>David Blanchard, Harry Sponaugle, John Moyers </td> <td>Roberta Lambert </td> <td>Lois White </td> <td>Yvonne Wimer </td> <td>Judy Hupman </td> <td>Melissa Dowd </td> <td>Ronald Wimer </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Highland County, Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States presidential election in Virginia">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,095 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">416 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.21% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in Virginia">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,092 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">417 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States presidential election in Virginia">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">958 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">371 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.67% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Virginia">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">924 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">459 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Virginia">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">930 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">590 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.97% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States presidential election in Virginia">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">982 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.61%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">522 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.34% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States presidential election in Virginia">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">942 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.55%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">453 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.52% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States presidential election in Virginia">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">631 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.68%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">446 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.53% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">144 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1992 United States presidential election in Virginia">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">686 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">494 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.29% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">220 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States presidential election in Virginia">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">807 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.75%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">456 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1984 United States presidential election in Virginia">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">997 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">398 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1980 United States presidential election in Virginia">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">751 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">487 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in Virginia">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">629 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.57%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">493 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in Virginia">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">774 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>77.63%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">206 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in Virginia">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">619 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.90%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">284 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.57% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">166 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in Virginia">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">511 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.67%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">476 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.13% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1960 United States presidential election in Virginia">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">527 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.55%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">401 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1956 United States presidential election in Virginia">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">633 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.02%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">432 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1952 United States presidential election in Virginia">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">696 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">419 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1948 United States presidential election in Virginia">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">579 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">423 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">88 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1944 United States presidential election in Virginia">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">641 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">535 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1940 United States presidential election in Virginia">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">628 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.13%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">549 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.45% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1936 United States presidential election in Virginia">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">522 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.19%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">515 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.52% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1932 United States presidential election in Virginia">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">355 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">464 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.37%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1928 United States presidential election in Virginia">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">623 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.68%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">371 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.32% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1924 United States presidential election in Virginia">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">454 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.71% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">508 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.26%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1920 United States presidential election in Virginia">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">474 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.31%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">379 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1916 United States presidential election in Virginia">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">310 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">370 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1912 United States presidential election in Virginia">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">221 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">313 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.53%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">98 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.51% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highland County is known by the nickname "Virginia's Switzerland" or "Virginia's Little Switzerland",<sup id="cite_ref-county_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-county-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in reference to the steep mountains and valleys.<sup id="cite_ref-west_highland_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-west_highland-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-byways_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byways-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mountains of Highland have historically attracted many tourists to the region, including <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Firestone" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Firestone">Harvey Firestone</a>, and other prominent inventors and businessmen who visited the area in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-scott21_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott21-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Highland County Museum and Heritage Center is located at McDowell and is operated by the Highland Historic Society.<sup id="cite_ref-about_hhs_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about_hhs-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exhibits feature the history of Highland County and the history of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_McDowell" title="Battle of McDowell">Battle of McDowell</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-exhibits_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exhibits-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>, the battlefield is the best preserved battlefield of all Shenandoah Valley battlefields.<sup id="cite_ref-nps_battlefield_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nps_battlefield-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Highland_County_Maple_Festival" title="Highland County Maple Festival">Highland County Maple Festival</a> has been held annually in March since 1959 to promote the county's <a href="/wiki/Maple_syrup" title="Maple syrup">maple syrup</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-chamber_maple_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chamber_maple-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival attracts over 60,000 people annually to the county during the event and has been designated a Local Legacy by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chamber_maple_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chamber_maple-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-loc_legacy_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc_legacy-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highland also hosts a seasonal farmers' market,<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Allegheny Mountain School, an organization to help secure community food systems.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, other outdoor sports such as fishing, hiking, hunting, caving, and cycling are enjoyed in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-natResources_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natResources-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WMA_info_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMA_info-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-recreational_routes_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-recreational_routes-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every August the Mountain Mama Road Bike Challenge brings cyclists from all over the country to challenge themselves on the steep roads of Highland County.<sup id="cite_ref-chamber_bike_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chamber_bike-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highland County fair is the longest continuously running fair in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-scott73_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott73-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Bethel, Highland County, Virginia">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Grass,_Virginia" title="Blue Grass, Virginia">Blue Grass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clover_Creek,_Virginia" title="Clover Creek, Virginia">Clover Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doe_Hill,_Virginia" title="Doe Hill, Virginia">Doe Hill</a></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forks_of_Waters,_Virginia" title="Forks of Waters, Virginia">Forks of Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardscrabble,_Virginia" title="Hardscrabble, Virginia">Hardscrabble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_Waters,_Virginia" title="Head Waters, Virginia">Head Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hightown,_Virginia" title="Hightown, Virginia">Hightown</a></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Liberty, Highland County, Virginia">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell,_Virginia" title="McDowell, Virginia">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowdale,_Virginia" title="Meadowdale, Virginia">Meadowdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Gap,_Virginia" title="Mill Gap, Virginia">Mill Gap</a></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mustoe,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia">Mustoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampden,_Virginia" title="New Hampden, Virginia">New Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_Virginia" title="Palo Alto, Virginia">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna,_Virginia" title="Patna, Virginia">Patna</a></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Possum_Trot,_Virginia" title="Possum Trot, Virginia">Possum Trot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirons_Mill,_Virginia" title="Sirons Mill, Virginia">Sirons Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimble,_Virginia" title="Trimble, Virginia">Trimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanderpool,_Virginia" title="Vanderpool, Virginia">Vanderpool</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Highland County, Virginia">National Register of Historic Places listings in Highland County, Virginia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Municipalities and communities of <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="region">Highland County, Virginia</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia"><span>Monterey</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Town (Virginia)">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Virginia highlighting Highland County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/270px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg/360px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Highland_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="1082" /></span><figcaption>Map of Virginia highlighting Highland County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDowell,_Virginia" title="McDowell, Virginia">McDowell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Bethel, Highland County, Virginia">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Grass,_Virginia" title="Blue Grass, Virginia">Blue Grass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolar,_Virginia" title="Bolar, Virginia">Bolar</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clover_Creek,_Virginia" title="Clover Creek, Virginia">Clover Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doe_Hill,_Virginia" title="Doe Hill, Virginia">Doe Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forks_of_Waters,_Virginia" title="Forks of Waters, Virginia">Forks of Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardscrabble,_Virginia" title="Hardscrabble, Virginia">Hardscrabble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_Waters,_Virginia" title="Head Waters, Virginia">Head Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hightown,_Virginia" title="Hightown, Virginia">Hightown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Liberty, Highland County, Virginia">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowdale,_Virginia" title="Meadowdale, Virginia">Meadowdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Gap,_Virginia" title="Mill Gap, Virginia">Mill Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustoe,_Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia">Mustoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampden,_Virginia" title="New Hampden, Virginia">New Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_Virginia" title="Palo Alto, Virginia">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna,_Virginia" title="Patna, Virginia">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Possum_Trot,_Virginia" title="Possum Trot, Virginia">Possum Trot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirons_Mill,_Virginia" title="Sirons Mill, Virginia">Sirons Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimble,_Virginia" title="Trimble, Virginia">Trimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanderpool,_Virginia" title="Vanderpool, Virginia">Vanderpool</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Virginia_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Virginia (state)"><span>Virginia portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States 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Virginia">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_furniture" title="Virginia furniture">Furniture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Virginia" title="Government of Virginia">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_houses_in_Virginia" title="List of historic houses in Virginia">Historic houses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Virginia" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia">Historic Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Virginia" title="History of Virginia">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia" title="First Families of Virginia">First Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Virginia" title="History of slavery in Virginia">Slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Virginia">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Virginia" title="Housing in Virginia">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Virginia" title="Law of Virginia">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Virginia" title="Gun laws in Virginia">Gun laws in Virginia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Virginia">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Virginia" title="Music of Virginia">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Virginia" title="List of people from Virginia">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights" title="Virginia Declaration of Rights">Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Virginia" title="List of rivers of Virginia">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Virginia" title="Scouting in Virginia">Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_is_for_Lovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia is for Lovers">Slogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_teams_in_Virginia" title="Sports teams in Virginia">Sports teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_of_Virginia" title="State Fair of Virginia">State Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_parks" title="List of Virginia state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_symbols" title="List of Virginia state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Virginia" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Virginia">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Virginia" title="Transportation in Virginia">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Virginia" title="Native American tribes in Virginia">Tribes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Virginia" title="Culture of Virginia">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Virginia" title="Abortion in Virginia">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Virginia" title="Crime in Virginia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Virginia" title="Demographics of Virginia">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Virginia" title="Economy of Virginia">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Virginia" title="Education in Virginia">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia" title="List of colleges and universities in Virginia">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Virginia" title="List of newspapers in Virginia">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of radio stations in Virginia">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of television stations in Virginia">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Virginia" title="Politics of Virginia">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Virginia" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula" title="Delmarva Peninsula">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Peninsula" title="Middle Peninsula">Middle Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Neck" title="Northern Neck">Northern Neck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_region_of_Virginia" title="Piedmont region of Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside_(Virginia)" title="Southside (Virginia)">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Virginia" title="Southwest Virginia">Southwest Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Virginia" title="Tri-Cities, Virginia">Tri-Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Peninsula" title="Virginia Peninsula">Virginia Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Virginia" title="Western Virginia">Western Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_statistical_areas" title="Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blacksburg%E2%80%93Christiansburg_metropolitan_area" title="Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area">Blacksburg-Christiansburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol,_Tennessee-Virginia_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia_metropolitan_area" title="Charlottesville, Virginia metropolitan area">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Danville, Virginia micropolitan area">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg_metropolitan_area" title="Harrisonburg metropolitan area">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_metropolitan_area" title="Lynchburg metropolitan area">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Martinsville, Virginia micropolitan area">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_metropolitan_area" title="Roanoke metropolitan area">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton%E2%80%93Waynesboro_metropolitan_area" title="Staunton–Waynesboro metropolitan area">Staunton-Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington-Arlington-Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia" title="List of cities and counties in Virginia">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accomack_County,_Virginia" title="Accomack County, Virginia">Accomack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia" title="Albemarle County, Virginia">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_County,_Virginia" title="Amelia County, Virginia">Amelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia" title="Amherst County, Virginia">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattox_County,_Virginia" title="Appomattox County, Virginia">Appomattox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland_County,_Virginia" title="Bland County, Virginia">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botetourt_County,_Virginia" title="Botetourt County, Virginia">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia" title="Buchanan County, Virginia">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia" title="Campbell County, Virginia">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Virginia" title="Carroll County, Virginia">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City_County,_Virginia" title="Charles City County, Virginia">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Virginia" title="Charlotte County, Virginia">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_County,_Virginia" title="Craig County, Virginia">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Cumberland County, Virginia">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_County,_Virginia" title="Dickenson County, Virginia">Dickenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia" title="Dinwiddie County, Virginia">Dinwiddie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Virginia" title="Floyd County, Virginia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluvanna_County,_Virginia" title="Fluvanna County, Virginia">Fluvanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Virginia" title="Franklin County, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia" title="Gloucester County, Virginia">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia" title="Goochland County, Virginia">Goochland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Virginia" title="Grayson County, Virginia">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Virginia" title="Greene County, Virginia">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensville_County,_Virginia" title="Greensville County, Virginia">Greensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia" title="Halifax County, Virginia">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia" title="Hanover County, Virginia">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Virginia" title="Henry County, Virginia">Henry</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_County,_Virginia" title="Isle of Wight County, Virginia">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_City_County,_Virginia" title="James City County, Virginia">James City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia" title="King and Queen County, Virginia">King and Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_William_County,_Virginia" title="King William County, Virginia">King William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Virginia" title="Lancaster County, Virginia">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia" title="Lee County, Virginia">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Lunenburg County, Virginia">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Virginia" title="Madison County, Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews_County,_Virginia" title="Mathews County, Virginia">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Virginia" title="Middlesex County, Virginia">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Virginia" title="Montgomery County, Virginia">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Kent_County,_Virginia" title="New Kent County, Virginia">New Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Virginia" title="Northampton County, Virginia">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Northumberland County, Virginia">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottoway_County,_Virginia" title="Nottoway County, Virginia">Nottoway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Virginia" title="Orange County, Virginia">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_County,_Virginia" title="Page County, Virginia">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_County,_Virginia" title="Patrick County, Virginia">Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Pittsylvania County, Virginia">Pittsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan_County,_Virginia" title="Powhatan County, Virginia">Powhatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" title="Prince Edward County, Virginia">Prince Edward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_County,_Virginia" title="Prince George 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