Staunton, capital of Augusta county, Virginia, in the Shenandoah valley, 136 miles by rail WNW. of Richmond. It is the site of the state lunatic and deaf and dumb and blind asylums, and contains several women's schools, large ironworks, and flour and planing mills. Pop. (1890) 6975.
Staunton,
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