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Arsenic Mine

Ghost town · Floyd County, Virginia

Blacksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500)
Blacksburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Arsenic Mine is a ghost town in Floyd County, Virginia. It is the only former community in Floyd County recorded on the federal names register, out of 279 across Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Arsenic Mine as a historical populated place on the Pilot topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.0574° N, 80.2545° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePilot
Elevation2,691 ft
Nearest living townShawsville, VA
Distance to it7.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1494344
Coordinates37.05736, -80.25449

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What's there now

Arsenic Mine is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shawsville, VA (population 1,725), about 7.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,691 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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