{"id":14,"date":"2007-11-25T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2022-01-11T07:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T12:03:43","slug":"remote-southwestern-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/remote-southwestern-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Southwestern Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently I posted an entry about a section of Virginia that is further west than any point in West Virginia<\/a>. It’s an odd fact made quite interesting primarily because the founders of a state carved from an older one consciously chose to highlight the word “west” in describing their creation. At the same time it also points out another situation albeit indirectly, that the far southwestern corner of Virginia is incredibly remote from the remainder of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The southwestern-most spot in Virginia at the Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia Tripoint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is sometimes overlooked is that Virginia’s southern border stretches an amazing 430+ miles from False Cape on the Atlantic Ocean all the way westward to the Cumberland Gap where Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky come together at a single point. I’ve often heard that this distant corner of Virginia is closer to eight state capitals than it is to its own capital in Richmond. Let’s find out if that’s true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Examining the Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n