Fulks Run, Virginia
Fulks Run | |
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  Fulks Run Location in Virginia  Fulks Run Fulks Run (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°39′24″N 78°53′59″W / 38.65667°N 78.89972°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Rockingham County |
| Elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Fulks Run is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.[1] It is located north of Harrisonburg and south of Bergton just to the west of Broadway on route 259, near the border of West Virginia and the edge of George Washington National Forest. The North Fork Shenandoah River flows past the community. It includes Fulks Run Elementary School. The Fulks Run Ruritan Park is a popular get together spot with a baseball field.
Fulks Run would have been inundated by the reservoir of the Brocks Gap Dam, proposed in the 1940s and 1960s. Determined local opposition defeated the dam project.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fulks Run, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Army Engineers Visualize Brock's Gap Dam Start by 1969; Completion by 1973" (PDF). The Shenandoah Valley. May 2, 1963. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ "Vol. 2 - Major Reservoir Project Descriptions". Potomac River Basin Report. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. February 1963. pp. 75–85. hdl:2027/uiug.30112060272249.
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