Lee County, Virginia

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Lee County, Virginia is a rural county located at the western tip of Virginia, known for its Appalachian landscape and position near the Tennessee and Kentucky borders.

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Lee County, Virginia canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
areaCode 276
borders Kentucky
Tennessee
borderTypeWithKentucky land border
borderTypeWithTennessee land border
climate humid subtropical to humid continental transition
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeat Jonesville, Virginia
demographicCharacteristic sparsely populated
FIPSCode 51XXX
GNISFeatureID XXXXXXX
governmentType county government
hasBorderFeature Cumberland Gap
hasCommunity Jonesville, Virginia
Pennington Gap, Virginia
Rose Hill, Virginia
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
coal-related employment
timber
hasFeature forested hills
mountain valleys
rural farmland
hasJudicialCircuit Virginia 30th Judicial Circuit
hasProtectedArea Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
hasPublicSchoolSystem Lee County Public Schools
hasTransportationRoute U.S. Route 421 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 58 NERFINISHED
isInCongressionalDistrict Virginia's 9th congressional district
isLandlocked true
isPartOf Appalachian Highlands division
surface form: Appalachian Highlands
isRural true
knownFor Appalachian landscape
location near Tennessee and Kentucky borders
landUse predominantly rural
largestTown Pennington Gap, Virginia
locatedIn Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region

western tip of Virginia
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains
namedAfter Henry Lee III
partOf Southwestern Virginia
surface form: United States Census Bureau-designated Southwest Virginia region
postalCodePrefix 242
region Southwestern Virginia
surface form: Southwest Virginia
state Virginia
subdivisionOf Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia containsCounty Lee County, Virginia
Southwestern Virginia contains Lee County, Virginia
Cumberland Mountain (ridge) passesThrough Lee County, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia borderedBy Lee County, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia formedFrom Lee County, Virginia
Claiborne County, Tennessee adjacentTo Lee County, Virginia
Scott County, Virginia formedFrom Lee County, Virginia
Scott County, Virginia adjacentToCounty Lee County, Virginia
Hancock County, Tennessee borders Lee County, Virginia