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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
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Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Page and Warren |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 22650 |
Area code | 540 |
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.