Breaks, Virginia
Breaks is a small unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.[1] Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks.[2]
Breaks, Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 82°16′52″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Dickenson |
Elevation | 1,476 ft (450 m) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1494190[1] |
It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.
Attractions
- Breaks Interstate Park
- Russell Fork River, a popular whitewater rafting stream
- Willowbrook Country Club, a 9-hole golf course.
gollark: Utter chaos.
gollark: True fact: this fact is true.
gollark: Waiting for those odeen SAltkins to go through the AP...
gollark: I've only got one 2G SAltkin, and getting more is one of those incredibly annoyingly hard things.
gollark: https://dragcave.net/lineage/n/Y%20Combinator
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breaks
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 16.
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