Lignite
Lignite is a ghost town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. A former lignite mining town owned by Allegheny Ore and Iron Company (which later became a subsidiary of Lukens Steel Company in 1907, it contained a company store, churches, school, post office, and a main street theater.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,590 feet (490 metres)
- Description: unincorporated community in Virginia
- Also known as“Lignite, VA”“Lignite, Virginia”
Hamlets in the Area
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Oriskany
Oriskany is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
Surber
Surber is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
3 miles east of Lignite
Clifdale
Clifdale is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.
4 miles north of Lignite
Lignite
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Latitude
37.62735° or 37° 37′ 39″ north
Longitude
-79.99838° or 79° 59′ 54″ west
Open location code
8792J2G2+WJ
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Lignite” goes by many names.
LigniteIrish
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