Elliston
Elliston is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. It lies between the city of Roanoke and the town of Christiansburg in the southwestern part of the state.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 902 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia
- Also known as: “Big Spring”, “Big Springs”, “Carnegie City”, “Elliston, VA”, and “Elliston, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eastern Montgomery High School and Bowstring Truss Bridge.
Eastern Montgomery High School
School
Photo: Ertatum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eastern Montgomery High School, built during 1999 and 2000, is located in Elliston, Virginia and is one of four high schools in Montgomery County, Virginia. The school's mascot is the Mustang, and the school colors are maroon, black and white.
Bowstring Truss Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Skyrunner75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowstring Truss Bridge, also known as the Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge and King Tubular Arch Truss Bridge, is a historic bowstring truss bridge located at the Ironto Rest Area near Ironto, Montgomery County, Virginia. Bowstring Truss Bridge is situated 1½ miles north of Elliston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Ironto.
Lafayette
Hamlet
Lafayette is a census-designated place between the cities of Roanoke and Christiansburg in eastern Montgomery County, southwest Virginia, United States. Lafayette is situated 2 miles northeast of Elliston.
Ironto
Hamlet
Ironto is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. Ironto is located along a railroad 7.5 miles east of Blacksburg. Ironto has an interstate highway rest stop and is home to the oldest metal bridge in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ironto is situated 2½ miles west of Elliston.
Riverside
Hamlet
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverside is an unincorporated community in western Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The community lies along the Roanoke River near Dixie Caverns along U.S. 11/U.S. 460. The area is more commonly referred to as Dixie Caverns instead of Riverside. Riverside is situated 4 miles northeast of Elliston.
Elliston
Latitude
37.21652° or 37° 12′ 60″ northLongitude
-80.23254° or 80° 13′ 57″ westPopulation
902Elevation
1,263 feet (385 metres)United Nations Location Code
US EITOpen location code
869X6Q88+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 154339893OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Elliston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Elliston”
- Cebuano: “Elliston”
- Chechen: “Еллистон”
- French: “Elliston”
- German: “Elliston”
- Gilaki: “الیستن (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “الیستن”
- Irish: “Elliston”
- Italian: “Elliston”
- Japanese: “エリストン”
- Ladin: “Elliston”
- Malagasy: “Elliston, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Elliston”
- Persian: “الیستون، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “الیستون”
- Polish: “Elliston”
- Serbian: “Елистон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elliston, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elliston”
- South Azerbaijani: “الیستون، ویرجینیا”
- Swedish: “Elliston, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Elliston”
- Tatar: “Еллистон”
- Ukrainian: “Еллістон”
- Volapük: “Elliston (VA)”
- Volapük: “Elliston, VA”
- Volapük: “Elliston, Virginia”
- Volapük: “Elliston”
- Welsh: “Elliston, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Elliston”
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