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Slaterville: I-85 - MM 3.4 - NB
Slaterville lies along the Interstate 85 corridor north of Lake Gaston, where low wooded uplands meet the broad Roanoke River reservoir. This small Virginia locality sits in Mecklenburg County, close to the North Carolina state line, in a region shaped by long-distance road travel and the lake’s extensive shoreline. Lake Gaston was created by the Gaston Dam on the Roanoke River and is shared by Virginia and North Carolina. Away from the water, the local scene is defined by forest, scattered development and the divided highway connecting central Virginia with the Carolinas. The contrast between a major interstate route and the surrounding rural cover gives Slaterville a distinctly Southside Virginia character.
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