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Welcome to Mount Torry Furnace ...

Mount Torry Furnace is located in Augusta County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Torry Furnace: Mt. Torry Furnace

Mount Torry Furnace is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Torry Furnace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Torry Furnace: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Mount Torry Furnace ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Torry Furnace.

  • Staunton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Waynesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lipscomb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
  • Lyndhurst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Lodebar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
  • Nellysford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stuarts Draft
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Durrett Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
  • Onan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Onan is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Torry Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Torry Furnace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Torry Furnace. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Torry Furnace.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Torry Furnace. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Torry Furnace.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Torry Furnace ...

Looking for more information about Mount Torry Furnace? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mount Torry Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Torry Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Augusta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Torry Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Torry Furnace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Torry Furnace area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.