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Lignite, Virginia

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Coordinates: 37°37′38″N 79°59′54″W / 37.62722°N 79.99833°W / 37.62722; -79.99833
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Lignite
Unincorporated area
Lignite is located in Virginia
Lignite
Lignite
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Lignite is located in the United States
Lignite
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Lignite (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°37′38″N 79°59′54″W / 37.62722°N 79.99833°W / 37.62722; -79.99833
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyBotetourt
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Lignite is a ghost town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. A former iron ore mining town owned by Allegheny Ore and Iron Company (which later became a subsidiary of Lukens Steel Company in 1907, it contained a company store, churches, school, post office, and a main street theater. It was abandoned by the company in the 1920s after ore demands dropped, when higher grade iron ore was discovered in the Great Lakes area, but some people continued to live in the houses until the 1950s. It has very few remains and is now a part of the Jefferson National Forest.

The remains of a chimney, covered in brush

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