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Old 09-20-2016, 04:44 PM
 
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Never heard any area called Piedmont. Usually Central Va or Heart of Va.
The Piedmont is actually one of the 5 physical regions of Virginia. I'm surprised you've never heard of it.

OP you may want to look at this Regions of Virginia
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Old 09-21-2016, 01:10 PM
 
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I have heard of it a physical region context but this is about regions with common social identities and styles.
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Old 09-21-2016, 07:28 PM
 
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Read this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside_Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Virginia
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Old 09-23-2016, 09:54 PM
 
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This is more like it, and it was developed by the demographics gurus at UVA.

Weldon Cooper Center's map of VA
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Old 09-24-2016, 07:49 AM
 
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The Piedmont is actually one of the 5 physical regions of Virginia. I'm surprised you've never heard of it.

OP you may want to look at this Regions of Virginia
Well, Virginia's Standards of Learning teach the students that there are 5 regions: Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau.

So, there's that.
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Old 09-24-2016, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Piedmont is a term used to describe central Virginia. The community college in Charlottesville is called Piedmont Virginia Community College. I heard this term used often when I lived in Louisa County. Different organizations define the piedmont region differently, but again the term is commonly used.

https://www.pecva.org/

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/mainmap.htm
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Old 09-24-2016, 04:07 PM
 
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Well, Virginia's Standards of Learning teach the students that there are 5 regions: Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau.

So, there's that.
Oh boy, SOL talk won't lead us in any positive direction! Knowledge is all well and good, but few students these days know how to think critically...but that is a topic for another thread so pardon the disruption.
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Old 09-24-2016, 04:14 PM
 
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Oh boy, SOL talk won't lead us in any positive direction! Knowledge is all well and good, but few students these days know how to think critically...but that is a topic for another thread so pardon the disruption.
It is relevant to this discussion in response to those who say they have never heard of the Piedmont Region.
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Old 09-24-2016, 04:20 PM
 
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It is relevant to this discussion in response to those who say they have never heard of the Piedmont Region.
I agree, and I know all my 4th graders know about all 5 regions.
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Old 09-24-2016, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Roanoke VA
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Not a bad effort, but I'd change a lot if I were creating my own map.

I'd shift the Shenandoah region north to include Winchester/Frederick Co, Clarke, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren counties. Those counties are not Nova, but are in the Shenandoah Valley.
I'd take those southern Shenandoah counties (Botetourt, Craig, Montgomery, Floyd, Roanoke, Pulaski, Giles, maybe Allegany, and add them to your Appalachia region and call it SW Virginia or something similar. Those counties are not in the Shenandoah Valley.
I'd add James City County (incl Williamsburg city) and Gloucester County to Hampton Roads, maybe Mathews, Surry, and Southampton (incl Franklin city) too.
I'd add Culpeper, Rappahannock, Orange, Madison, Greene counties to Piedmont. They're not Nova.
I'd probably take a bunch of the south-central counties away from Piedmont and "Crownlands" and create a Southside region that includes Emporia and Greensville Co over Patrick Co., up to Lynchburg. I suppose this would just leave metro Richmond + Louisa as the "Crownlands."
Maybe shift King George to the Chesapeake region?
There was a rather detailed discussion about where Roanoke belonged as it related to the Va Tourism Council and how they promote the state. Geographically Roanoke, Botetourt, Craig are officially considered the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley. Montgomery, Pukaski and counties are Southwest Va. Although Roanoke is the commercial hub of a large region of
SW Va it is Shenandoah Valley. The tourism folks have a hard time knowing where to place Roanoke since it doesnt resemble
the civil war battlefields in the valley and the culture is not Appalachia.
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