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Not "new" at all, the New River, the second oldest in the world, is more than 320 million years old. Only the Nile is older. The river received its original English name, Wood's River, perhaps from Colonel Abraham Wood who explored the area in 1654, from the 1671 expedition on which he sent Thomas Batte and Robert Hallom, or from Thomas Wood (possibly his son) who died on the 1671 trip. The name New derives from New Brittaine or New Virginia, for the western territory of the Carolinas and Virginia where the river begins, as mentioned after 1651 in official London reports.
Details
| HM Number | HMRQW |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | K 25 |
| Year Placed | 1998 |
| Placed By | Department of Historic Resources |
| Marker Condition |  10 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 1:07am PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] TLCROSIER
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 537595 N 4110514 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.14025000, -80.57668333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 8.415', W 80° 34.601' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 8' 24.90" N, 80° 34' 36.06" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 540 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 6248 Lee Highway, Radford VA 24141, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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