Gore
Gore is an unincorporated community in western Frederick County, Virginia, United States, located off the Northwestern Turnpike on Gore Road, west of Winchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 249 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Frederick County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Back Creek Valley”, “Cross Junction”, “Gore, VA”, and “Gore, Virginia”
- Postal code: 22637
Places of Interest
Highlights include Willa Cather Birthplace.
Willa Cather Birthplace
Ruins
Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Willa Cather Birthplace, also known as the Rachel E. Boak House, is the site near Gore, Virginia, where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather was born in 1873.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hayfield and Lake Holiday.
Hayfield
Hamlet
Hayfield is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Hayfield is located west of Winchester on the Northwestern Turnpike at its crossroads with North and South Hayfield Roads between Flint Ridge and Hogue Creek. Hayfield is situated 3 miles southeast of Gore.
Lake Holiday
Village
Lake Holiday is a 249-acre artificial lake located northwest of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. The lake flows into Isaacs Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of Back Creek, which flows north through West Virginia to the Potomac River. Lake Holiday is situated 3½ miles north of Gore.
Indian Hollow
Hamlet
Indian Hollow is an unincorporated community along Hogue Creek in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. It is named for the Indian Hollow through Hunting Ridge. The community is located on Indian Hollow Road northeast of Hayfield. Indian Hollow is situated 4 miles southeast of Gore.
Gore
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Frederick, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.26399° or 39° 15′ 50″ northLongitude
-78.33195° or 78° 19′ 55″ westPopulation
249Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)United Nations Location Code
US GVAOpen location code
87F37M79+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 157557722OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Gore” goes by many names.
- French: “Gore”
- German: “Gore”
- Gilaki: “گور (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “گور”
- Hebrew: “גור”
- Irish: “Gore”
- Italian: “Gore”
- Japanese: “ゴア (ヴァージニア州)”
- Japanese: “ゴア (バージニア州)”
- Japanese: “ゴア”
- Ladin: “Gore”
- Low German: “Gore”
- Persian: “گور، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “گور”
- Romanian: “Gore, Virginia”
- Romanian: “Gore”
- Russian: “Гор”
- South Azerbaijani: “قور، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Gore”
- Swedish: “Gore”
- Ukrainian: “Ґор”
- Volapük: “Gore”
- Welsh: “Gore, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Gore”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Frederick County Fire and Rescue Department Station 14 - Gore Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Hebron Baptist Church.
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