Prices Fork, Virginia

Prices Fork
Census-designated place (CDP)
Prices Fork

Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia

Coordinates: 37°12′35″N 80°29′24″W / 37.20972°N 80.49000°W / 37.20972; -80.49000Coordinates: 37°12′35″N 80°29′24″W / 37.20972°N 80.49000°W / 37.20972; -80.49000
Country United States
State Virginia
County Montgomery
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,066
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)

Prices Fork is a small traditionally agricultural census-designated place (CDP), in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 1,066.[1] It is located about three miles west of Blacksburg and the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

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.

Prices Fork was named in honor of the local Price, or Priess, family.[2]

Prices Fork has one church (Price's Fork United Methodist Church), a Grange Hall and an elementary school (grades pre-K through 5th grade). Several structures in the community are designated as historical structures. The Prices Fork Historic District, Evans House No. 2, Joseph McDonald Farm, and Adam Wall House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data). Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-06-08.
  2. ↑ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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