Town of Abingdon

Town of Abingdon is a locality in Washington, Virginia. Town of Abingdon is situated nearby to the neighborhood Abington Historic District, as well as near Shady Grove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barter Theatre and William King Museum of Art.

Barter Theatre

Theater building

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Barter Theatre, in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. It is the longest-running professional Equity theatre in the United States.

William King Museum of Art

Museum

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The William King Museum of Art is a visual arts and cultural heritage museum located in Abingdon, Virginia. It is housed in a historic 1913 former school building.

The Martha Washington Inn is a historic hotel located in Abingdon, Virginia. Originally built in 1832 by General Francis Preston, hero of the War of 1812, for his family of nine children, over the course of the last 174 years, the building has served as an upscale women's college, a Civil War hospital and barracks, and as a residence for visiting actors of the Barter Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abingdon and Hayter.

Abingdon

Town

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Abingdon is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Virginia, United States, 133 miles southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,375 at the 2020 census.

Hayter

Hamlet

Hayter is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It has an elevation of 2,149 ft. Hayter is situated 3½ miles northeast of Town of Abingdon.

Town of Abingdon

Type: Locality with 8,190 residents
Location: Washington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.7089° or 36° 42′ 32″ north

Longitude

-81.9711° or 81° 58′ 16″ west

Population

8,190

Elevation

2,034 feet (620 metres)

Open location code

868WP25H+HH

GeoNames ID

7161491

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