Grundy, Virginia Grundy, Virginia Buchanan County Courthouse in Downtown Grundy Buchanan County Courthouse in Downtown Grundy Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Buchanan County. The town is noted for its educational establishments and their part in the town's economic rebirth.
The town is also noteworthy for its flood control project, where the mountain athwart the river was blasted to make way for new development.
1.2 Grundy flood control universal 1.5 Appalachian School of Law shooting The town, established in 1858 upon the formation of Buchanan County, was titled for Felix Grundy (1777 1840), United States Attorney General (1838 1839) and United States Senator from Tennessee (1839 1840).
Burbridge passed through Grundy on their way to destroy the saltworks near Saltville in Smyth County, where they were met by Confederate troops commanded by Brigadier General Alfred E.
Aerial view of flooding on the Levisa Fork River in Grundy, Virginia in 1984 Since 1929, Grundy has suffered nine primary floods of the adjoining Levisa Fork River.
Businesses formerly positioned downtown were relocated to an industrialized building positioned just outside town.
Route 460 originally took a directional split to go through downtown Grundy.
Grundy was the home of the predecessor to the Food City Stores when Jack Smith opened a Piggly Wiggly charter in 1955.
The store was Smith's first and the chain has now grown to 107 stores in Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
The chain is best known for sponsoring the Food City 500 NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway. That store remained open one day short of 50 years as it was closed in November 2005 and a new replacement store opened up just outside the town limits in Vansant.
The store was re-opened on June 29, 2011 as one of K-VA-T food stores Super Dollar Discount Foods locations.
Grundy is home to the Appalachian School of Law, which opened in 1997, and the Appalachian College of Pharmacy, which opened in 2005.
Buchanan County chose Grundy as the site for the ASL to revitalize the town, which had been in a steady economic diminish since the Flood of 1977.
Additionally, ASL has successfully demonstrated the concept of creating establishments of college studies as an economic evolution tool. This success led to the creation of the Appalachian College of Pharmacy, positioned in Oakwood, which, like the Appalachian School of Law, was created as part of a closing economic redevelopment accomplishment.
Appalachian School of Law shooting Main article: Appalachian School of Law shooting On January 16, 2002, Appalachian School of Law Dean Anthony Sutin, Professor Thomas Blackwell, and 1 - L pupil Angela Dales were shot and killed by disgruntled pupil Peter Odighizuwa, 43, of Nigeria on the law school's campus.
Grundy is positioned in the Cumberland Mountains portion of the Appalachian range, just east of the Cumberland Plateau.
The town is positioned towards the center left portion of the map.
Grundy is positioned at 37 16 36 N 82 5 42 W (37.276760, 82.095038). The town is positioned at intersection of U.S.
Grundy is positioned in the coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 5.0 square miles (13.1 km ), all land.
Grundy is positioned in the Cumberland Plateau Region.
Grundy is served by the Grundy Municipal Airport positioned in Vansant.
Stops include the courthouse, Grundy Church of Christ, the former Food City parking lot, the Grundy Community Center, the Appalachian School of Law, and the former downtown parking lot. The Norfolk Southern Railway maintains tracks and runs trains through the town but no trains stop in Grundy.
Age distribution of Buchanan County, Virginia In the town, the populace was spread out with 32.2% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Appalachian School of Law is positioned in Grundy.
Grundy is the home of two enhance establishments where pupils residing in the town proper attend if they choose to go to the enhance schools.
The town also homes one private school that serves grades K-12.
Additionally, the town is home to two graduate level colleges, one granting law degrees and the other granting pharmacy degrees.
Grundy Senior High School Appalachian School of Law According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Grundy has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate Summary for Grundy, Virginia Town of Grundy Grundy, Virginia at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States Virginia Towns in Virginia
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