Catherine Furnace
Catherine Furnace is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The earned its name from the blast furnace of the same name, built in 1846, by the Forrer family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Catherine Furnace, VA” and “Catherine Furnace, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Catherine Furnace and Page County High School.
Catherine Furnace
Ruins
Photo: Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Catherine Furnace is a historic iron furnace in the George Washington National Forest near Newport, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1836 and is a pyramidal-shaped furnace measuring 32 feet high.
Page County High School
School
Photo: Tediting, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Page County High School is a public secondary school located in Shenandoah, Virginia. The dedication of the original building in 1961 brought together students from the former Shenandoah and Stanley high schools. Page County High School is situated 1½ miles east of Catherine Furnace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grove Hill and Newport.
Grove Hill
Hamlet
Grove Hill is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Grove Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Catherine Furnace.
Newport
Hamlet
Newport is an unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia, United States. Newport is situated 2½ miles northeast of Catherine Furnace.
Ingham
Hamlet
Ingham is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ingham is situated 3½ miles southeast of Catherine Furnace.
Catherine Furnace
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Page, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.55762° or 38° 33′ 27″ northLongitude
-78.63557° or 78° 38′ 8″ westElevation
1,102 feet (336 metres)Open location code
87C3H957+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 158223280OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Catherine Furnace” goes by many names.
- French: “Catherine Furnace”
- Irish: “Catherine Furnace”
- Swedish: “Catherine Furnace”
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