Galax
Galax is an independent city in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,720. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Galax with neighboring Carroll County for statistical purposes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,680 residents
- Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Bonaparte”, “Galax, VA”, and “Galax, Virginia”
- Postal code: 24333
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fries and Hilltown.
Fries
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fries is an incorporated town located on the New River in Grayson County, Virginia, United States, 15.5 miles northeast of the county seat of Independence — in Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands and on Virginia's musical heritage trail, The Crooked Road. Fries is situated 5 miles northwest of Galax.
Hilltown
Hamlet
Hilltown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grayson and Carroll counties, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 216. Hilltown is situated 6 miles northwest of Galax.
Baywood
Hamlet
Baywood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grayson County, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 414. Baywood is situated 6 miles southwest of Galax.
Galax
- Categories: independent city in the United States and locality
- Location: Galax, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.66124° or 36° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
-80.92397° or 80° 55′ 26″ westPopulation
6,680Elevation
2,372 feet (723 metres)United Nations Location Code
US GLXOpen location code
868XM36G+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 154402140OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Galax” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جالاكس (فيرجينيا)”
- Arabic: “جالاكس”
- Basque: “Galax city konderria”
- Bavarian: “Galax”
- Cebuano: “Galax”
- Chechen: “Гейлакс”
- Chinese: “盖拉克斯”
- Chinese: “蓋拉克斯”
- Dutch: “Galax”
- Finnish: “Galax”
- French: “Galax”
- French: “Municipalité de Galax”
- German: “Galax”
- Gilaki: “گالاکس (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “گالاکس”
- Haitian: “Galax, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Galax”
- Indonesian: “Galax, Virginia”
- Indonesian: “Galax”
- Irish: “Galax”
- Italian: “Galax”
- Japanese: “ゲイラクス”
- Ladin: “Galax”
- Low German: “Galax”
- Malagasy: “Galax, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Galax”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galax”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gǣleax”
- Persian: “گالاکس، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “گالاکس”
- Polish: “Galax”
- Portuguese: “Galax”
- Russian: “Гейлакс”
- Serbian: “Гејлакс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Galax, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Galax”
- South Azerbaijani: “قالاکس، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Galax”
- Swedish: “Galax, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Galax”
- Talysh: “Gejlaks”
- Tatar: “Гейлакс”
- Turkish: “Galax, Virginia”
- Turkish: “Galax”
- Ukrainian: “Гейлакс”
- Urdu: “گیلاکس، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “گیلاکس”
- Vietnamese: “Galax, Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Galax”
- Volapük: “Galax”
- Waray (Philippines): “Galax, Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Galax”
- Welsh: “Galax”
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