Lafayette
Lafayette is a census-designated place between the cities of Roanoke and Christiansburg in eastern Montgomery County, southwest Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 449 residents
- Description: census-designated place
- Also known as: “La Fayette”, “Lafayette, VA”, and “Lafayette, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowstring Truss Bridge and Eastern Montgomery High School.
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.
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. Eastern Montgomery High School is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lafayette.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elliston and Riverside.
Elliston
Hamlet
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. Elliston is situated 2 miles southwest of Lafayette.
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 2 miles east of Lafayette.
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 4 miles west of Lafayette.
Lafayette
Latitude
37.23624° or 37° 14′ 11″ northLongitude
-80.21143° or 80° 12′ 41″ westPopulation
449Elevation
1,201 feet (366 metres)Open location code
869X6QPQ+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 154379678OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4768134Wikidata ID
Q5968818
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lafayette” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lafayette”
- Chechen: “Лафаетт”
- French: “Lafayette”
- German: “Lafayette”
- Gilaki: “لافایت (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “لافایت”
- Irish: “Lafayette”
- Italian: “Lafayette”
- Ladin: “Lafayette”
- Polish: “Lafayette”
- Serbian: “Лафејет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette”
- Spanish: “Lafayette”
- Tatar: “Лафаетт”
- Ukrainian: “Лафаєтт”
- Welsh: “Lafayette, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Lafayette”
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