LC control no. | n 92065393 |
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Geographic heading | Fincastle County (Va.) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Virginia--Fincastle County |
Found in | NUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. for Crush, C.W. Papers, 1795-1946 (Fincastle County, Va.) Handbook of Va. hist., 1983: p. 109 (Fincastle County (extinct) was named either for George, Lord Fincastle, Lord Dunmore's son; for John Murrary, fourth earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle; or for the town of Fincastle, Va., est. in 1772 and named after Lord Botetourt's home in England; county created in 1772; in 1776 it was divided to form counties in Va. and what is now Kentucky) Crush, C.W. Montgomery County story, 1776-1957, p. 8 (territory west of New River and Kanawha River to Mississippi River became county of Fincastle) |
Not found in | Rand McNally commer. atl., 1985 |
Geographic area code | n-us-va |