Laurel Hill Farm

Houses completed in 1833Houses in Patrick County, VirginiaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Patrick County, VirginiaParks in Patrick County, Virginia

Laurel Hill Farm is a private park and historic home located in Ararat, Virginia. The birthplace of James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, seventy-five acres of the 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) owned by the Stuart Family was saved in 1992 by the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust with assistance from the Civil War Trust, a division of the American Battlefield Trust. The J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, founded by Historian and Author Thomas D. "Tom" Perry, is a non-profit corporation that has interpreted the site and holds events on the property.

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Laurel Hill Farm
Ararat Highway,

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N 36.563333333333 °	E -80.554444444444 °

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Ararat Highway (State Route 773)

Ararat Highway
24053
Virginia, United States
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Clarks Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Clarks Creek is a 6.39 mi (10.28 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.

Double Spring Branch (Clarks Creek tributary)

Double Spring Branch is a 1.80 mi (2.90 km) long 1st order tributary to Clarks Creek in Patrick County, Virginia.

Owens Branch (Ararat River tributary)

Owens Branch is a 4.06 mi (6.53 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.

Long Branch (Clarks Creek tributary)

Long Branch is a 2.35 mi (3.78 km) long 1st order tributary to Clarks Creek in Patrick County, Virginia.

Doe Run Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Doe Run Creek is a 3.73 mi (6.00 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.

Kings Run (Ararat River tributary)

Kings Run is a 2.59 mi (4.17 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.

White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina

White Sulphur Springs (sometimes seen as just Sulphur Springs) is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina, United States on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy near the Virginia state line. The community sits on the Ararat River and once served as a popular late-nineteenth century resort (Powell 1968, p. 291). The community's name comes from the White Sulphur Springs Hotel that once stood here.

Johnson Creek (Ararat River tributary)

Johnson Creek is a 10.71 mi (17.24 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina.

Birds Branch (Ararat River tributary)

Birds Branch is a 3.06 mi (4.92 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia.

Dry Run (Birds Branch tributary)

Dry Run is a 1.89 mi (3.04 km) long 1st order tributary to Birds Branch in Patrick County, Virginia.

Grogen Branch

Grogen Branch is a 1.70 mi (2.74 km) long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Patrick County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

WPAQ

WPAQ (740 kHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Mount Airy, North Carolina, serving the Piedmont area of North Carolina, Southwest Virginia and Southside Virginia. WPAQ is owned and operated by WPAQ Radio, Inc. It airs a mix of Americana, Bluegrass, Classic Country and Southern Gospel music, along with some brokered Christian talk and teaching shows. The transmitter and studios are on Springs Road at Mount View Drive in Mount Airy.By day, WPAQ is powered at 10,000 watts non-directional. But 740 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station CFZM Toronto. To avoid interference with CFZM, WPAQ must reduce power to 1,000 watts during critical hours and to only 7 watts at night. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W294CE at 106.7 MHz.