Hanging Rock, Virginia

Hanging Rock, Virginia

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official_name = Hanging Rock, Virginia
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Virginia
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Roanoke

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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
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elevation_m = 340
elevation_ft = 1115
latd = 37 |latm = 19 |lats = 41 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 02 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 24019
area_code = 540
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1499521GR|3
footnotes = USGS [cite web
url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=155:3:1752169327259375280::NO::P3_FID:1499521
title= Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report: Hanging Rock
accessdate= 2008-08-06
author= USGS]

Hanging Rock is an unincorporated community in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States located directly north of Salem. The community is named for a prominent rock outcrop. The intersection of Virginia State Route 311 and Virginia State Route 419 is in Hanging Rock. [cite web
url= http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&view=text&q=Hanging+Rock,+roanoke,+Va&ie=UTF8&z=16
title= Google Maps
accessdate= 2008-08-06] The Battle of Hanging Rock in the Civil War, in which an advance by Union General David Hunter was halted, was fought in the area.

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