Staunton, Independent city in Augusta County, Virginia
Stauntonisanindependentcitylocatedin"AugustaCounty",Virginia,servingasanadministrativeandculturalcenterfortheregion.Downtownshowsred-bricksidewalksandhistoricVictorianbuildingsthatnowhouse'shops,restaurants,andapartments.
Thesettlementwasfoundedin1747andsservedasVirginia'scapitiforashortimeiin1781whenliegoislatorsfledduringtheadvanceofBritishforcesTheseeventsoccurredduringtheAmericanRevolution.
The"AmericanShakespeareCenter"runsthe"BlackfriarsPlayhouse",afaithfulreproductionofShakespeare'sindoortheater,hostingclassicalperformances.Thestageusescandelightandnaturalacoustics,allowingvisitorstoexperiencetheElizabethantheatertradition.
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Location: Virginia
Inception: 1747
Elevation above the sea: 432 m
Shares border with: Augusta County
Website: http://staunton.va.us
GPS coordinates: 38.15810,-79.07640
Latest update: December 12, 2025 23:08
Western State Hospital
1.6 km
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
1.1 km
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
1.4 km
Staunton High School
2.2 km
Staunton National Cemetery
3 km
Trinity Episcopal Church
1.1 km
Breezy Hill
1 km
Temple House of Israel
592 m
Augusta County Courthouse
1.1 km
Stuart House
1.2 km
The Oaks
1.2 km
Waverly Hill
3.1 km
Beverley Historic District
1 km
C. W. Miller House
770 m
National Valley Bank
1 km
Oakdene
1.2 km
Arista Hoge House
1.2 km
Sears House
1.4 km
Kable House
785 m
Steephill
997 m
Gospel Hill Historic District
1.1 km
Hilltop
836 m
Mary Baldwin University, Main Building
881 m
Newtown Historic District (Staunton, Virginia)
854 m
J. C. M. Merrillat House
1.2 km
Rose Terrace
797 m
Wharf Area Historic District
1.3 km
Catlett House
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