Maces Spring, Virginia

Maces Spring is a small unincorporated community in Scott County, Virginia,[1] along State Route 614, in an area known as Poor Valley.

There are no longer any stores in Maces Spring; its main claim to fame is its association with the country music group the Carter Family.

Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter, also known as Doc or A.P., was born in Maces Spring and in 1914 he brought his 16-year-old bride, Sara Dougherty, to live there.

[2] The community is part of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the Tri-Cities region.

Vernon Methodist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as components of the Carter Family Thematic Resource.