Stickleyville, Virginia

Stickleyville is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It was also known as Stickleysville. The community is concentrated along U.S. Route 421 near the Lee County/Scott County line in the Wallen Creek Valley. Duffield lies across Powell Mountain to the east, and Pennington Gap lies across Wallen Ridge to the northwest.

Stickleyville, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Stickleyville
Stickleyville, Virginia
Stickleyville, Virginia
Coordinates: 36°42′25″N 82°54′26″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyLee
Elevation
1,631 ft (497 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1475137[1]

A post office was established as Stickleysville in 1850.[2] The community was named for Vastine Stickley, a pioneer settler.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickleyville, Virginia
  2. "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.


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