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Historic Sites Historic Town of Mount Jackson

Historic Town of Mount Jackson
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    5901 Main Street
    Mount Jackson, VA 22847
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    540-477-2121
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    Mount Jackson
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    Shenandoah
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Mount Jackson, in its beginnings, was known as Mount Pleasant. The first inhabitants of the Mount Jackson area were the Shendo Indians, who were massacred by the Catawbas around the latter part of the seventeenth century. In the early eighteenth century, land grants brought by the first permanent white settlers. On January 28, 1826, an act of the General Assembly of Virginia changed the name of the village in honor of General ("Old Hickory") Jackson. During the 1862 Valley Campaign, General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson established headquarters in the Rude House on Rude's Hill south of Mount Jackson and Camp Buchanan at Red Banks. Experience our heritage with walking tours, architectural buildings, heritage, churches, cemeteries, shopping, art gallery, and more. Just one stop along the Wilderness Trail in Shenandoah County!

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Shenandoah Valley

Last Updated: 04/27/2016

What's Nearby

  • Mount Jackson Confederate Cemetery
    Mount Jackson Confederate Cemetery
    5901 Main Street
    Mount Jackson, VA 22842
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  • Route 11 Potato Chip Factory
    Route 11 Potato Chip Factory
    11 Edwards Way
    Mount Jackson, VA 22842
    0.14 MI
  • Town Of Mount Jackson - Historic District
    Town Of Mount Jackson - Historic District
    PO Box 487
    Mount Jackson, VA 22842
    0.14 MI

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