Abbs Valley, Virginia

Abbs Valley, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°14′38″N 81°27′08″W / 37.24389°N 81.45222°W / 37.24389; -81.45222Coordinates: 37°14′38″N 81°27′08″W / 37.24389°N 81.45222°W / 37.24389; -81.45222
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Tazewell
Elevation	2,615 ft (797 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	276
GNIS feature ID	1499037^[1]

Abbs Valley is an unincorporated community located in Tazewell County, Virginia.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abbs Valley, Virginia

Municipalities and communities of Tazewell County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Tazewell

Towns	Bluefield Cedar Bluff Pocahontas Richlands Tazewell

CDPs	Claypool Hill Gratton Raven‡ Springville

Unincorporated communities	Abbs Valley Adria Amonate Bandy Big Vein Bishop Boissevain Burke's Garden Busthead Coaldan Cove Creek Doran Falls Mills Fourway Frog Level Horsepen Jewell Ridge Liberty Maiden Spring North Tazwell Paintlick Pisgah Pounding Mill Red Ash Seaboard Tannersville Tiptop Thompson Valley Wardell Yards‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

The area of Abb's Valley, Virginia is named after Absalom Looney of Looney's Creek, considered the first white person to explore the area. Information obtained from the book MOST DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER; CHILDREN OF ROBERT (B. 1692-1702 D. 1770) AND ELIZABETH LOONEY of Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia, and some of their descendants, Volume II, by Madge Looney Crane & Phillip L. Crane, 2008.

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