Alma, Virginia

Alma is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The community is said to have been named, in the mid-1850s, by local doctor James Lee Gillespie. The doctor, who relocated to Page County around 1851 is said to have been a follower of events of the Crimean War, and is believed to have named the little village either for the Battle of Alma or the Alma River, in the Ukraine.

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Coordinates: 38°35′28″N 78°33′27″W / 38.59111°N 78.55750°W / 38.59111; -78.55750


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