Linkous Store, Virginia

Linkous Store, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Linkous Store
Linkous Store

Location of Linkous Store in Virginia

Coordinates: 37°12′55″N 80°28′8″W / 37.21528°N 80.46889°W / 37.21528; -80.46889Coordinates: 37°12′55″N 80°28′8″W / 37.21528°N 80.46889°W / 37.21528; -80.46889
Country United States
State Virginia
County Montgomery County

Linkous Store is a settlement in Montgomery County, Virginia, in the United States, near the town of Blacksburg. It lies on the western edge of Blacksburg at the intersection of Prices Fork Road (SR 685) and Merrimac Road (SR 657) about 1.5 miles (2 km) from Prices Fork. The community is a part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Montgomery County and the cities of Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford for statistical purposes.

The settlement is named for a store (not extant) originally constructed in the mid 19th century and owned by the Linkous family.[1] The town had a one-room school, Matamoras No. 9, located behind the site of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.[1] A marker at the site of the church reads in part "Site of St. Peter's Evangelical Church, 1750-1885. St. Peter's was the first Church west of the Alleghanies and the third Lutheran Church in Virginia."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nita Wise. "Linkous Store was an Area Landmark". The News Messenger Bicentennial Edition. 4 July 1976. Reprinted 25 February 1998. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ↑ R.D. Michael. "A Brief History of the Blacksburg Area". 7 December 1953. Reprinted 7 November 1997. Retrieved 25 October 2012.


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