Lignite, Virginia
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References
- http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/va/lignite.html
- http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2EJJ
- https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/magazine/february-2012/lost-town-of-lignite/
- Jones, Allie Sloss, Amid the Great Valley: Oriskany, Oriskany Press, 2002.
- "New Life for a Long-Ago Town", New Castle Record, Mar. 29, 1995.
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