15 Facts About Staunton Virginia

Staunton Virginia thus played a crucial role in the mid 18th century expansion of the economies of the American Colonies which, in turn, contributed to the success of the American Revolution.

The vote in Staunton Virginia was 3300 in favor of secession, with only 6 opposed.

Staunton Virginia is home to the former Western State Asylum, a hospital for the mentally ill, which originally began operations in 1828.

Staunton Virginia is located in the Shenandoah Valley in between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains of the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1908, Staunton Virginia was the first city in the United States to give an appointed employee authority over city affairs through statute.

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Staunton Virginia is home to the American Shakespeare Center, a theatrical company centered at the Blackfriars Playhouse, a replica of Shakespeare's Blackfriars Theatre.

Staunton Virginia is the center of numerous galleries and art schools, the widely regarded Beverley Street Studio School and its associated Co-Art Gallery.

Staunton Virginia is home to the Statler Brothers, country music legends who until 1994 performed free concerts at the annual Fourth of July celebration, accompanied by other country music artists.

Staunton Virginia is home to nearly 200 buildings designed by architect Thomas Jasper Collins, who worked in various styles during the Victorian era.

In 1894, Staunton fielded a baseball team in the original Virginia League: The Staunton Hayseeds.

Staunton Virginia currently has no minor league baseball, but the Staunton Virginia Braves represent the city in the Valley Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league that plays in the Shenandoah Valley.

Main highways through Staunton include U S Route 11, U S Route 11 Business, U S Route 250, Virginia State Route 252, Virginia State Route 254, Virginia State Route 261 and Virginia State Route 262.

Staunton Virginia had a municipal bus system during the 20th century, known as the Staunton Virginia Transit Service, but it was dissolved in 1989.

The first school in Staunton Virginia which allowed African-Americans to attend was established by the Freedmen's Bureau under the supervision of the commanding general of the occupying Union army in late 1865.

Staunton city school district was one of 21 in Virginia which take elementary school students out of class for Bible lessons on a voluntary basis, a practice known as Weekday Religious Education.