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==Nature==
==Nature==
Overall Run, a tributary of the South Fork of the [[Shenandoah River]], flows west to the river from Brush Mountain, and an unnamed intermittent stream flows down Sandbank Hollow to join Overall Run a few hundred yards east of its mouth. Overall Creek is situated here.
Overall Run, a tributary of the South Fork of the [[Shenandoah River]], flows west to the river from [[Brush Mountain]], a part of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]], and an unnamed intermittent stream flows down Sandbank Hollow to join Overall Run a few hundred yards east of its mouth. Overall Creek is situated here. Just east of Overall is [[Shenandoah National Park]].


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Revision as of 20:15, 6 September 2012

Overall
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyPage and Warren
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
22650
Area code540

Overall is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia, United States. It is considered to be a part of the Washington-Arlington metro area. The latitude of Overall is 38.806N and the longitude is -78.347W. It sits at an elevation of 630 feet[1] just at the Stonewall Jackson Highway (U.S. Route 340). ZIP code is 22650.[2]

History

Overall was first called Centre Mills, later Milford, before the present name was adopted. John Froman Overall, (1756-1819), is buried in the Overall cementary. The Overall House is now a ruins of a limestone foundation of early 1800 plastered log home built by his son Isaac Overall (1776-c 1843). The Milford Battlefield of 1864 is situated in Overall.

Nature

Overall Run, a tributary of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, flows west to the river from Brush Mountain, a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and an unnamed intermittent stream flows down Sandbank Hollow to join Overall Run a few hundred yards east of its mouth. Overall Creek is situated here. Just east of Overall is Shenandoah National Park.

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