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'''McDonalds Mill''' 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]].
'''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]].


==History==
==History==
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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McDonalds Mill, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Historic McDonalds Mill
Historic McDonalds Mill
McDonalds Mill is located in Shenandoah Valley
McDonalds Mill
McDonalds Mill
McDonalds Mill is located in Virginia
McDonalds Mill
McDonalds Mill
McDonalds Mill is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 37°18′00″N 80°16′32″W / 37.30000°N 80.27556°W / 37.30000; -80.27556
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyMontgomery

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

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A post office called McDonalds Mills operated from 1847 until 1913.[2] George McDonald operated a mill there, hence the name.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McDonalds Mill, Virginia
  2. ^ "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  3. ^ 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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