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Notable locations in Abingdon: Latture Field (A), Glenrochie Country Club (B), Abingdon City Hall (C), Washington County Public Library (D), Washington County Jail (E), Washington County Courthouse (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Abingdon Town Centre Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Abingdon include: Abingdon Bible Church (A), Abington United Methodist Church (B), Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (C), Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church (D), Valley Street Baptist Church (E), First Baptist Church (F), Charles Wesley United Methodist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Knollkreg Cemetery (1), Hayter Cemetery (2), Sinking Spring Cemetery (3), Campbell Cemetery (4), High Point Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: East Fork Wolf Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Abingdon: Abington Historic District (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Abingdon Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum (208 West Main Street) (1), Highlands Educational Literacy Program (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 205 Oak Hill Street Northeast) (2), Abingdon Town - Public Information Service (335 Cummings Street) (3), Clevinger B H (22212 Sugarbush Lane) (4), Abingdon Town - Convention & Visitors Bureau (335 Cummings Street) (5), Flyaway Hot Air Balloons (15415 Briarwood Lane) (6), HARR William Charles (15415 Briarwood Lane) (7), Balloon Virginia Inc (22212 Sugarbush Lane) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Hampton Inn Abingdon- Va. (340 Commerce Dr) (1), Budget Inn (15886 Porterfield Highway) (2), Comfort Inn (170 Old Jonesboro Road) (3), Best Western Inn & Suites (1093 Ole Berry Drive) (4), Comfort Inn Abingdon (170 Jonesboro Road) (5), Alpine Motel (882 East Main Street) (6), Holiday Inn-Express Abingdon (940 East Main Street) (7), Holiday Lodge Motel (25000 Lee Highway) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: United States Government - Court of Appeals- Judge's Chambers (180 West Main Street) (1), Washington County - General District Court Judge (191 East Main Street) (2), Washington County - Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court- Juvenile & Domestic Relations- C (Relations Court) (3), Courts - Federal - District Courts- Eastern District Of Tennessee- District C (180 West Main Street) (4), Washington County - Accounting (205 Academy Drive Northwest) (5), Boucher Rick Representative (188 East Main) (6), Washington County - General District Court Clerk (191 East Main Street) (7). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Abingdon and their reported violations in the past:
WOODLAND COVE CAMPGROUND (Serves TN, Population served: 281, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1998 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-31-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-31-1999), St Public Notif received (MAR-05-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In SEP-2004. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-2004. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUL-2004. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUN-2004. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-29-2004), St Public Notif requested (JUN-29-2004), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAY-2004. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-29-2004), St Public Notif requested (JUN-29-2004), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- 9 other older monitoring violations
RIVERSIDE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
WATERS EDGE R V PARK (Serves TN, Population served: 118, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-2000 and MAR-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAR-09-2000), St Public Notif requested (APR-30-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-30-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One minor monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Abingdon that have no violations reported:
- HAYTER'S GAP (Population served: 254, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  10.1% | | Whole state: |  9.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 4.3% |
Abingdon compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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Banks with most branches in Abingdon (2007 data):
- Highlands Union Bank: Maringo Drive Branch, at 340 West Main Street, Jonesborough Road Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $628.0 mil, Deposits: $501.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Highlands Bankshares, Inc.
- Carter Bank & Trust: West Main Branch at 238 West Main Street, branch established on 2003-11-03; Camp Comfort Branch at 27255 Lee Highway, branch established on 2005-02-14. Info updated 2007-01-10: Bank assets: $2,664.7 mil, Deposits: $2,371.6 mil, headquarters in Martinsville, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 126 total offices
- The First Bank and Trust Company: East Abingdon Branch at 933 East Main Street, branch established on 1993-07-08; Abingdon Branch at 667 West Main Street, branch established on 1984-11-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $868.2 mil, Deposits: $717.9 mil, headquarters in Lebanon, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 21 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp, Inc.
- Grundy National Bank: Abingdon Branch at 498 Cummings Street, branch established on 2006-05-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $286.4 mil, Deposits: $235.6 mil, headquarters in Grundy, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Gnb Bankshares Corporation
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Abingdon at 332 Cummings Street, branch established on 1991-05-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation
- Lee Bank and Trust Company: Abingdon Branch at 17510 Lee Highway, branch established on 2005-09-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $168.2 mil, Deposits: $147.3 mil, headquarters in Pennington Gap, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices
- Trupoint Bank: Abingdon Branch at 914 West Main Street, branch established on 1995-08-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $469.5 mil, Deposits: $383.5 mil, headquarters in Grundy, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Miners And Merchants Bancorp, Inc.
- New Peoples Bank, Inc.: Abingdon Office Branch at 350 West Main Street, branch established on 2004-08-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $635.1 mil, Deposits: $577.3 mil, headquarters in Honaker, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 24 total offices, Holding Company: New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.
- 4 other banks with 4 local branches
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
8 | $17,074 | $25,611 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
6 | $12,611 | $25,222 | 4 | $3,487 |
| Other Government Administration |
4 | $17,586 | $52,758 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
11 | $19,530 | $21,305 | 34 | $14,987 |
| Sewerage |
19 | $41,687 | $26,329 | 1 | $731 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $2,491 | $29,892 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
24 | $51,524 | $25,762 | 5 | $4,827 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
22 | $55,556 | $30,303 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $872 |
| Totals for Government |
95 | $218,059 | $27,544 | 46 | $24,903 |
Abingdon government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $1,788,000
Parks & Recreation: $303,000
Solid Waste Management: $260,000
- Construction - General: $544,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,483,000
General - Other: $1,242,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,157,000
Sewerage: $1,121,000
Police Protection: $1,054,000
Central Staff Services: $330,000
Financial Administration: $260,000
Solid Waste Management: $256,000
Fire Protection: $217,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $93,000
General Public Buildings: $55,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $55,000
Transit Utilities: $21,000
Housing & Community Development: $17,000
Health Services - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $663,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $91,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $11,048,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $10,198,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $23,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $827,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $351,000
Interest Earnings: $34,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $888,000
- Revenue - Transit Utilities: $2,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $961,000
General Support: $685,000
- Tax - NEC: $2,845,000
Property: $1,965,000
Public Utilities: $139,000
Motor Vehicle License: $116,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,733,000
6.36% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,436 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.36% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,260 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.00% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Abingdon:
- WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFHG (980 AM; 5 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBCV (1550 AM; 5 kW; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: SUNSHINE BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WXMY (1600 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SALTVILLE, VA; Owner: CONTINENTAL MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WYRV (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: FAITH CHRISTIAN MUSIC BROADCASTING MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WHGG (1090 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIO)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Abingdon:
- WFHG-FM (92.7 FM; ABINGDON, VA; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- W214AP (90.7 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- WPJO (99.3 FM; ELIZABETHTON, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WXLZ-FM (107.3 FM; LEBANON, VA; Owner: YEARY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- WMEV-FM (93.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WOLD-FM (102.5 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: EMERALD SOUND, INC.)
- WQUT (101.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WRZK (95.9 FM; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: MURRAY COMMUNICATIONS)
TV broadcast stations around Abingdon:
- WCYB-TV (Channel 5; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WLFG (Channel 68; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WAPW-CA (Channel 31; ABINGDON, ETC., VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
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