Ararat is an unincorporated improve in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, south of the Blue Ridge Parkway and north of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Ararat is positioned near the Virginia/North Carolina state line about five miles north of Mount Airy, North Carolina and about 25 miles west of Stuart, Virginia.
The community's name comes from the Ararat River which flows through the area. The River takes its name from the Jefferson Fry Map of 1751, which calls Pilot Mountain part of the "Mountains of Ararat." The Saura Indian name for close-by Pilot Mountain in Surry County, North Carolina is "The Pilot" and the mountain reverted to that. The large Monadnock mountain was thought to resemble a bullfrog and the Indians titled it after the sound they thought it made "Ratratrat".
Stuart Birthplace, the Laurel Hill Farm, is a preserved private park in the improve that is open for self-guided tours everyday and holds a Civil War encampment the first full weekend of October each year.
Davids, Richard C., ' ' The Man Who Moved A Mountain ' ', Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-8006-1237-X, ISBN 978-0-8006-1237-5.
Stuart's Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm ' ', Laurel Hill Publishing, 2008, ISBN 1-4382-3934-3, ISBN 978-1-4382-3934-7.
Perry, Thomas D., 'Ararat Virginia: A Guide from Willis Gap to Kibler Valley ' ', Laurel Hill Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1451 - 518405 ISBN 1451 - 518404.
Municipalities and communities of Patrick County, Virginia, United States Stub icon This Patrick County, Virginia state locale article is a stub.
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Unincorporated communities in Patrick County, Virginia - Unincorporated communities in Virginia - Blue Ridge Highlands, Virginia geography stubs
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