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Stickleyville, Virginia

Coordinates: 36°42′25″N 82°54′26″W / 36.70694°N 82.90722°W / 36.70694; -82.90722
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Stickleyville, Virginia
Stickleyville
Stickleyville
Stickleyville is located in Virginia
Stickleyville
Stickleyville
Stickleyville is located in the United States
Stickleyville
Stickleyville
Coordinates: 36°42′25″N 82°54′26″W / 36.70694°N 82.90722°W / 36.70694; -82.90722
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyLee
Area
 • Total2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
 • Land2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
1,631 ft (497 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1475137[2]

Stickleyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It has also been known as Stickleysville. The community was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census.

The community is concentrated along U.S. Route 421 near the Lee County/Scott County line in the Wallen Creek Valley. Duffield lies across Powell Mountain to the east, and Pennington Gap lies across Wallen Ridge to the northwest.

A post office was established as Stickleysville in 1850.[3] The community was named for Vastine Stickley, a pioneer settler.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files –Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickleyville, Virginia
  3. ^ "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.