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Giles County/Montgomery County

Giles County/Montgomery County is a Virginia historical marker in Montgomery County, dedicated 1942.

Montgomery County · dedicated 1942 · Rte. 460, at the county line

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Giles County Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia 1827-30. Mountain Lake is in this county. Montgomery County Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.

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