Virginia
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- Type: Town with 8,550 residents
- Description: city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “City of Virginia”, “Franklin”, “Virginia, Minnesota”, “Virginia, MN”, and “维吉尼亚”
- Postal codes: 55777 and 55792
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lincoln School Building and Rouchleau Mine.
Lincoln School Building
Building
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lincoln School Building is a former school building in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1922 in the Jacobean Revival style, which was popular nationwide for educational facilities in the early 20th century.
Rouchleau Mine
Peak
The Rouchleau Mine is an abandoned open-pit mine within the Mesabi Iron Range at Virginia, Minnesota, United States. The mine, located on the east side of the city, is roughly 3 miles long and.5 miles wide; its deepest point is 450 feet below its surface, making it one of the deepest mines in the range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain Iron and Gilbert.
Mountain Iron
Village
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mountain Iron is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, in the heart of the Mesabi Range. The population was 2,878 at the 2020 census. Mountain Iron is situated 4 miles west of Virginia.
Gilbert
Village
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilbert is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,687 at the 2020 census. State Highway 37 and State Highway 135 are two of the main routes in Gilbert. Gilbert is situated 4 miles southeast of Virginia.
Eveleth
Village
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eveleth is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,493 at the 2020 census. Eveleth is part of the Quad Cities, with Virginia, Gilbert, and Mountain Iron. Eveleth is situated 4 miles south of Virginia.
Virginia
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: City of Virginia, St. Louis, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.52326° or 47° 31′ 24″ northLongitude
-92.53657° or 92° 32′ 12″ westPopulation
8,550Elevation
1,440 feet (439 metres)United Nations Location Code
US VGIOpen location code
86V9GFF7+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 151483691OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Virginia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيرجينيا”
- Armenian: “Վիրջինիա”
- Asturian: “Virxinia”
- Azerbaijani: “Virciniya”
- Basque: “Virginia”
- Catalan: “Virginia”
- Cebuano: “Virginia”
- Chechen: “Виргини”
- Chinese: “Virginia”
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞 (明尼蘇達州)”
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞(明尼蘇達州)”
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞”
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞市”
- Chinese: “维吉尼亚 (明尼苏达州)”
- Czech: “Virginia”
- Danish: “Virginia”
- Dutch: “Virginia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيرجينيا”
- Finnish: “Virginia”
- French: “Virginia”
- Galician: “Virginia”
- German: “Virginia”
- Gilaki: “ويرجينيا (مينسؤتا)”
- Gilaki: “ويرجينيا”
- Haitian: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Haitian: “Virginia”
- Hebrew: “וירג’יניה, מינסוטה”
- Hebrew: “וירג’יניה”
- Ido: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Ido: “Virginia”
- Iloko: “Virginia”
- Irish: “Virginia”
- Italian: “Virginia”
- Japanese: “ヴァージニア (ミネソタ州)”
- Japanese: “ヴァージニア”
- Japanese: “バージニア (ミネソタ州)”
- Japanese: “バージニア”
- Kazakh: “Vïrdjïnïa”
- Kazakh: “Вирджиниа”
- Kazakh: “ۆىيردجىينىيا”
- Kirghiz: “Вирджиниа”
- Korean: “버지니아”
- Ladin: “Virginia”
- Luxembourgish: “Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Malagasy: “Virginia”
- Mazanderani: “ویرجینیا (مینهسوتا)”
- Mazanderani: “ویرجینیا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Virginia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Virginia”
- Norwegian: “Virginia”
- Persian: “ویرجینیا، مینه سوتا”
- Persian: “ویرجینیا، مینهسوتا”
- Persian: “ویرجینیا”
- Polish: “Virginia”
- Portuguese: “Virginia”
- Russian: “Верджиния”
- Russian: “Вирджиния”
- Serbian: “Вирџинија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Virginia”
- Silesian: “Virginia”
- Slovak: “Virginia”
- Slovenian: “Virginia”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویرجینیا، مینهسوتا”
- Spanish: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Spanish: “Virginia”
- Swedish: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Swedish: “Virginia”
- Tatar: “Вирджиния (Миннесота)”
- Tatar: “Вирджиния”
- Turkish: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Turkish: “Virginia”
- Ukrainian: “Вірджинія”
- Uzbek: “Virginia”
- Uzbek: “Виргиниа”
- Vietnamese: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Vietnamese: “Virginia”
- Volapük: “Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Waray (Philippines): “Virginia”
- Welsh: “Virginia, Minnesota”
- Welsh: “Virginia”
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Highlights include Virginia Fire Department and Virginia City Police Department.
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