Beldore Hollow, Virginia

Beldore Hollow, Virginia (also referred to as "Beldor" and spelled "Beldor Hollow") is an extinct unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia.^[1]^[2]

The Beldore Hollow community included homesteads, farms, cemeteries, a one-room school, and a village in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The community became part of Shenandoah National Park,^[7] and the area is now locally referred to as the "Beldor Hollow Overlook."^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

State Route 628 is locally referred to as Beldor Road.^[12]

References[edit]

^ Shenandoah National Park (N.P.), Facility Development Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1997.
^ "Virginia's Ghost Towns". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
^ Lambert, Darwin (1989-01-01). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Roberts Rinehart. ISBN 978-1-4616-6398-0.
^ Jr, L. B. Taylor (2019-07-17). The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-4397-2.
^ Hensley, Jan (2007). Sallie's Story: An Exploration Into the Lives of the Hensely, Maiden, Meadows, Gardner and Smith Families of Rockingham, Page and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. J. Hensley.
^ Eisenfeld, Sue (2015). Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6539-4.
^ Holsinger, John R. (1975). Descriptions of Virginia Caves. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources.
^ Shenandoah National Park Long-term Ecological Monitoring System User Manuals. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 1990.
^ Manning, Russ (2000). 75 Hikes in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-0-89886-635-3.
^ Virginia Geographic Names. U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division, Office of Geographic Research. 1981.
^ Conners, John A. (1988). Shenandoah National Park: An Interpretive Guide. McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-939923-02-1.
^ http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2016/AADT_082_Rockingham_2016.pdf VDOT Rockingham County 2016 Traffic Counts

38°18′45.46″N 78°37′11.06″W / 38.3126278°N 78.6197389°W / 38.3126278; -78.6197389

[1] Shenandoah National Park (N.P.), Facility Development Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1997.

[2] "Virginia's Ghost Towns". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

[3] Lambert, Darwin (1989-01-01). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Roberts Rinehart. ISBN 978-1-4616-6398-0.

[4] Jr, L. B. Taylor (2019-07-17). The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-4397-2.

[5] Hensley, Jan (2007). Sallie's Story: An Exploration Into the Lives of the Hensely, Maiden, Meadows, Gardner and Smith Families of Rockingham, Page and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. J. Hensley.

[6] Eisenfeld, Sue (2015). Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6539-4.

[7] Holsinger, John R. (1975). Descriptions of Virginia Caves. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources.

[8] Shenandoah National Park Long-term Ecological Monitoring System User Manuals. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 1990.

[9] Manning, Russ (2000). 75 Hikes in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-0-89886-635-3.

[10] Virginia Geographic Names. U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division, Office of Geographic Research. 1981.

[11] Conners, John A. (1988). Shenandoah National Park: An Interpretive Guide. McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-939923-02-1.

[12] ttp://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2016/AADT_082_Rockingham_2016.pdf VDOT Rockingham County 2016 Traffic Counts

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