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Altoona Mines, Virginia

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While our information shows that the community of Altoona Mines is historic,<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Altoona Mines, we'll be sure to add our findings.

Altoona Mines would have been located within present day Pulaski County

While the community is gone, the present day location for Altoona Mines is 700 feet [213.36 m] above sea level.<2>

Time Zone: The area where Altoona Mines was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Altoona Mines, but it seems to be unique to this community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Dublin   E10 mi [16.09 km]2,1904.28% decrease
 Fort Chiswell   SW10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Hilton Village   E4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Max Meadows   SW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Narrows   N17 mi [27.36 km]2,1481.75% increase
 Pearisburg   NE18 mi [28.97 km]2,7641.28% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Altoona Mines.


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Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Altoona Mines no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Blacksburg. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Altoona Mines:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Altoona Mines? Please visit the Map Page for Altoona Mines.


Footnotes

<1>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Altoona Mines, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Altoona Mines - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Altoona Mines and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Altoona Mines.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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