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Coordinates: 37°04′49″N 82°04′06″W / 37.08028°N 82.06833°W

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Council, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Community Center in Council
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Coordinates: 37°04′49″N 82°04′06″W / 37.08028°N 82.06833°W / 37.08028; -82.06833
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Buchanan
Area
• Land	91.319 sq mi (236.52 km²)
• Water	0.389 sq mi (1.01 km²)
Elevation	1,867 ft (569 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	276
GNIS feature ID	1492809^[1]

Council is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.

Economy

Council Industrial Park is located in Council. In 2021, textile manufacturer "Maine Five" announced it was opening a sewing factory at the industrial park, and planned to employ 100 workers by 2026.^[2]

Notable people

Helen Timmons Henderson, elected to the Virginia state legislature.^[3]
William Henry McFarland (born 1890), member of the Virginia House of Delegates^[4]
Ashley Stroehlein, sports reporter.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Council, Virginia
^ Foster, Richard (February 23, 2021). "Textiles startup opening Buchanan County sewing factory". Virginia Business.
^ "Henderson, Helen Timmons (1877–1925)". encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
^ "W. H. McFarland". Virginia House of Delegates. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
^ "Ashley Stroehlein". WBTV. January 15, 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Grundy
Town	Grundy	Map of Virginia highlighting Buchanan County
CDPs	Big Rock Breaks‡ Vansant
Other communities	Artia Bearwallow Conaway Council Davenport Deel Drill‡ Grimsleyville Harman Harman Junction Hurley Janey Jewell Valley Keen Mountain Leemaster Mavisdale Maxie Mount Heron Murphy Oakwood Page Patterson Paynesville Peapatch‡ Pearly Prater Pilgrim's Knob Roseann Roth Rowe Shack Mills Shortt Gap Slate Stacy Thomas Tookland Vandyke Venia Vicey Weller Whitewood Wolford
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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