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Weyburn

Ghost town · Orange County, Virginia

Gordonsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:62,500)
Gordonsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Weyburn as a historical populated place on the Gordonsville 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 38.1910° N, 78.2456° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGordonsville
Elevation454 ft
Nearest living townBarboursville, VA
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1494784
Coordinates38.19097, -78.24556

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What's there now

Weyburn is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Barboursville, VA (population 747), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 454 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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