Staunton (Virginia)
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Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2000, there were 23 853 inhabitants. The locals call their city " STEN -tn " instead of " StOwn - do ".
Nearby is the Natural Chimneys, unusual limestone caves that rise 40 meters above the meadows of the Shenandoah Valley.
Population Development
¹ 1980 - 2000: census results; 2005: Updating the U.S. Census Bureau
Sons and daughters of the town
- John Brown (1757-1837), U.S. Senator
- John E. Colhoun (1749-1802), U.S. Senator
- Francis Collins ( b. 1950 ), head of the Human Genome Project
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807-1891), Minister of the Interior of the United States
- Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States