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| ⚫ | '''McDonalds Mill'''<ref>{{GNIS|1495916}}</ref> is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the northeastern section of [[Montgomery County, Virginia]]. Located approximately 10 miles east of [[Blacksburg, Virginia]] along State Route 785, McDonalds Mill lies at the floor of the [[Catawba Valley]] and is bound on the south by [[Paris Mountain]] and to the north by [[Gallion Ridge]]. |
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A post office called McDonalds Mills operated from 1847 until 1913.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=VA&county=Montgomery&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Montgomery County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> George McDonald operated a mill there, hence the name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA140|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=140}}</ref> |
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The current McDonald's Mill was built in 1861. The current owners, Ned and Janet Yost, want to preserve the mill and the land around it so that others can get a glimpse of life on the North Fork of the Roanoke River as it was when the region was first occupied by immigrants from the British Isles. The origin of the creek that eventually becomes the Roanoke River is just a few miles from the mill. The fledgling stream gathered water quickly from springs and hollows and in a short distance, was big enough to make a mill pond inside the current Montgomery County line. The stream was dammed and a race was constructed of lumber sawed for nearby forest to carry the water to the top of the mill wheel several hundred yards downstream. According to Yost, the mill was established in the 1790s and was operated by five generations of McDonalds. Two buildings preceeded the current structure that Yost purchased in 1952. |
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Virginia]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:33, 31 May 2024
McDonalds Mill, Virginia | |
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| Coordinates: 37°18′00″N 80°16′32″W / 37.30000°N 80.27556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Montgomery |
McDonalds Mill[1] is an unincorporated community in the northeastern section of Montgomery County, Virginia. Located approximately 10 miles east of Blacksburg, Virginia along State Route 785, McDonalds Mill lies at the floor of the Catawba Valley and is bound on the south by Paris Mountain and to the north by Gallion Ridge.
History
[edit]A post office called McDonalds Mills operated from 1847 until 1913.[2] George McDonald operated a mill there, hence the name.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McDonalds Mill, Virginia
- ^ "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |