The Page Valley is a small
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
geographically and culturally associated with the
Shenandoah Valley. The valley is located between the
Massanutten and
Blue Ridge mountain ranges in western
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
.
Geography
The valley is approximately long. At its widest, across from
New Market Gap near
Luray, the valley is about wide, while at its narrowest north of Luray near
Compton, it is only . Similarly to the south of Luray, at Ingham, the valley narrows to wide.
The valley encompasses primarily the
Page County, Virginia
Page County is located in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 23,709. Its county seat is Luray, Virginia, Luray. Page County was formed in 1831 from She ...
area and the southern portion of
Warren County, Virginia, near the northern terminus, a few miles south of
Front Royal, Virginia.
The
South Fork of the Shenandoah River flows along the western side of the Page Valley, along the eastern foot of the ridge-like
Massanutten Mountain.
Transportation
U.S. Route 340 runs north–south through the valley, while
U.S. Route 211 cuts east–west across the valley from
Thornton Gap in the Blue Ridge, through Luray to New Market Gap in the Massanutten.
History
During the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, it was known as the Luray Valley since Luray, Virginia (the county seat of Page County) is located in the center of Page Valley. The valley played a significant role in the strategy of
Confederate Major General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson during his
Valley Campaign of 1862 in which he defeated three numerically superior
Union armies.
Blue Ridge Bank was formerly known as Page Valley Bank. And the
local news website of Page County is called
Page Valley News.
External links
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Valleys of Virginia
Landforms of Page County, Virginia
Landforms of Warren County, Virginia
Shenandoah River