Oxbow Lake
Oxbow Lake, located in Saint Paul, Virginia, offers the Saint Paul community a recreational area with walking and biking paths, a fishing area, and a picnic area.
Latitude and longitude of Wise, Virginia
Satellite map of Wise, Virginia
Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924.
Population: 3,286
Latitude: 36° 58' 33.35" N
Longitude: -82° 34' 32.56" W
Articles of interest in Wise, Virginia
48 Articles of interest near Wise, Virginia, United States
Show all articles in the mapUniversity of Virginia's College at Wise
The University of Virginia's College at Wise (also known as UVa-Wise, or University of Virginia at Wise) is a liberal arts college of the University of Virginia, and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, located in Wise, Virginia,…
Wise County, Virginia
Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,452. Its county seat is Wise. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry A.
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Norton, Virginia
Norton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,958, making it the least populous city in Virginia.
Wise, Virginia
Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924.…
Dickenson County, Virginia
Dickenson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Pound, Virginia
Pound is a town in Wise County, Virginia.
Jenkins, Kentucky
Jenkins is a home rule-class city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.
Wallens Ridge State Prison
Wallens Ridge State Prison is a supermax state prison located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, housing approximately 700 inmates. Since opening in April 1999, it has been a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections, and is identical to the Red Onion…
Clintwood, Virginia
Clintwood is a town in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1383 at the 2012 United States Census.
Coeburn, Virginia
Coeburn is a town in Wise County, Virginia, along the Guest River. The population was 2139 at the 2010 census with many small peaceful wooded communities in the outskirts. Camping is available nearby at Bark Camp Lake in the Jefferson National Fores…
Appalachia, Virginia
Appalachia is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Pittston Coal strike
The Pittston Coal strike was a United States labor union action led by the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) against the Pittston Coal Company, nationally headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The strike, which lasted from April 5, 1989 to Februar…
St. Paul, Virginia
Saint Paul is a town in Russell and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Virginia.
High Knob
High Knob is the peak of Stone Mountain, that forms part of the border between Scott County and Wise County, Virginia near the city of Norton that rises to 4,223 feet ( 1,287 meters ) above mean sea level.
Pound Gap
The Pound Gap of Pine Mountain is on the Virginia/Kentucky border between Jenkins, Kentucky and Pound, Virginia. It served as a passage for early settlers to cross into Kentucky from Virginia. Today, U.S.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Wise County, Virginia
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wise County, Virginia.