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 Ukraine.

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Municipalities and communities of Page County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Luray
Towns	Luray Shenandoah Stanley
Unincorporated communities	Alma Battle Creek Big Spring Blaineville Brookside Catherine Furnace Cavetown Comertown Compton Egypt Bend Estates Fairview Fleeburg Forest Hills Furnace Goods Mill Grove Hill Hamburg Hilldale Honeyville Ida Ingham Intersections Jollett Kimball Leaksville Marksville Mauck Morning Star Newport Oak Hill Pine Grove Rileyville Salem Shenandoah Forest Skyland Spring View Springfield Stony Man Valleyburgh Vaughn Verbena Westlu White House Whitehouse Landing Woodland Park

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

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