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Augusta County was formed in 1738 and named for Augusta, Princess of Wales and Mother of King George, III. The county boundaries once stretched all the way to the Mississippi River. Currently, the County covers 967 square miles, more than half of the size of Rhode Island. It is the second largest county (in land area) in Virginia.

Staunton located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: it escaped the Civil War unscathed. Many of its 18^th and early 19^th century homes and buildings still stand and are wonderfully preserved. Scottish-Irish immigrant John Lewis and his family built the area's first homestead in 1732, and most of Staunton's early settlers were Scots-Irish.

Waynesboro is located in the Valley with elevations ranging from 1,050 feet to 1,800 feet above sea level. The average elevation of the Blue Ridge Parkway Appalachian Trail is 2,200 feet. The South River, a south fork of the Shenandoah River, runs directly through the City.

 
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