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Red Banks

Ghost town · Shenandoah County, Virginia

Edinburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1923, 1:62,500)
Edinburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1923, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Red Banks is a ghost town in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is the only former community in Shenandoah County recorded on the federal names register, out of 279 across Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Red Banks as a historical populated place on the Edinburg topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.7987° N, 78.5958° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEdinburg
Elevation964 ft
Nearest living townBowmans Crossing, VA
Distance to it0.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1502772
Coordinates38.79872, -78.59585

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What's there now

Red Banks is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bowmans Crossing, VA (population 349), about 0.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 964 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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