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City Of Staunton, VirginiaCity Of Staunton History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and EducationEtymology - Origin of County NameThe City of Staunton, in Augusta County, was named, according to tradition, for Rebecca Staunton, wife of Sir William Gooch, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Demographics:County QuickFacts: City Of Staunton County HistoryStaunton is an independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. In 1746, the surveyor Thomas Lewis laid out the first town plat of Staunton for landowner William Beverley. Staunton was founded in 1747, incorporated in 1871, and became an independent city on July 10, 1902. In 1908, Staunton was the first city in the world to adopt a city manager form of government, an outgrowth of the Progressive movement, which has been repeated in many locations since Staunton, Virginia laid out. [Virginia Genealogy, Sources & Resources, by Carol McGinnis, Genealogical Publishing Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993.] Staunton, Virginia established as a town in 1761. [Virginia Genealogy, Sources & Resources, by Carol McGinnis, Genealogical Publishing Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993.] Staunton, Virginia incoporated as a town on 23 December 1801 and incorporated as a city in 1871. Laid out in 1748 as the site for the Augusta County courthouse. County seat of Augusta County, Virginia. [Virginia Genealogy, Sources & Resources, by Carol McGinnis, Genealogical Publishing Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993.] GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.7 square miles (51.0 kmē), all
land. Staunton is located in the Shenandoah Valley in between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains of the
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
