Mountain View

Mountain View is a hamlet in Rockbridge, Virginia. Mountain View is situated nearby to the hamlet Riverside, as well as near the locality South River.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buena Vista Colored School.

Buena Vista Colored School

School building

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Buena Vista Colored School is a historic school building for African American children located at Buena Vista, Virginia. It was built in 1914, and expanded in 1926. Buena Vista Colored School is situated 2½ miles south of Mountain View.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buena Vista and Lexington.

Buena Vista

Town

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Buena Vista, called "BV" by locals, is an independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,641. Buena Vista is situated 3 miles south of Mountain View.

Lexington

Town

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions, and is combined with it for statistical purposes by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Lexington is situated 5 miles west of Mountain View.

Mechanicsville

Locality

Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. Mechanicsville is 3 miles southwest of Buena Vista. Mechanicsville is situated 5 miles southwest of Mountain View.

Mountain View

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Old Buena Vista”
Category: locality
Location: Rockbridge, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.77847° or 37° 46′ 43″ north

Longitude

-79.35365° or 79° 21′ 13″ west

Elevation

1,004 feet (306 metres)

Open location code

8792QJHW+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158399295

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4775019

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