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Taylors Valley, Virginia

Field	Value
official_name	Taylors Valley
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.jpg
image_caption	Taylors Valley is located within the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
pushpin_map	Virginia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Virginia
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Washington
unit_pref	Imperial
population_as_of	2000
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	−5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	−4
coordinates

Taylors Valley is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the state of Virginia, United States. It is located to the southeast of Abingdon and is accessed via Highway 58 and via Taylor Valley Road from Tennessee, just to the south.

Geography

Taylors Valley is located in southwestern Virginia at an altitude of 722 metres (2369 feet), close to the border with Tennessee. It is located along a notable bike trail, the Virginia Creeper Trail, which makes a gradual climb into Taylors Valley. The nearest town is Damascus, which is located to the west. The community, which is located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, is bounded by Fork mountain to the west and Laurel and Chestnut mountains to the east. Whitetop Laurel Creek passes through the unincorporated community.

Economy

Taylor Valley is an old fashioned country village with few commercial entities. There are no gas stations or stores, and village residents rely on the stores in Damascus, VA, and Mountain City, TN, for daily supplies. The sole food venue in the Valley is Hellbender's Cafe, which opened nearly contemporaneously with the closing of the Creeper Train Cafe in 2020. The one small store in the vicinity (Widener's Grocery) shut down when the owner, Clarence "Eddie" Widener, died in 2020. There are plans to reopen the store sometime before 2024, according to some of Eddie's family members. The Virginia Creeper Trail runs through the Valley, increasing foot traffic and the number of recreational bicycle riders, for a great part of the year.

References

(1998). "Mountain Biking the Appalachians: Northwest North Carolina/Southwest Virginia". Blair, John F..
"Obituary for Clarence Edward "Eddie" Widener at Memorial Funeral Chapel".

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