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Pound: US-23 - US-23 BUS - Wise Co
Pound is best known within Virginia for its position in the Appalachian coalfields. The town lies in Wise County beside the Pound River, amid the wooded ridges of the Appalachian Plateau. U.S. Route 23, designated Virginia’s Country Music Highway, meets State Route 83 here, making Pound a road junction for communities in the far southwest of the state. Coal mining shaped much of Wise County’s modern settlement and economy, while the surrounding terrain keeps the town compact and closely tied to its valleys and ridge roads. Pound is part of a region where local life, transport and industry have long been organized around the mountains.
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Pound sits along the Pound River in southwestern Virginia, where narrow Appalachian valleys and wooded ridges shape the settlement. Its name recalls an early animal pound, an enclosure used to hold stray livestock, a practical institution that gave the community its enduring identity. Wise County belongs to Virginia's coalfield country, and coal mining has long influenced local work, transport routes and the growth of its towns. US Route 23 runs through Pound, marking its place on a principal road through this part of the Virginia coalfields. Continue to other webcams across southwest Virginia to compare Appalachian settings around Pound.
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