Old Rag, Virginia

Originally known as Weakley Valley, Old Rag was inhabited by white people in the 1770s.

By 1900, Old Rag had a post office,[2] a school, two churches and two stores,[3][4] and a cemetery.

[5] In 1936 the Old Rag post office, which was the last remaining post office in Shenandoah National Park, closed permanently.

[6] Residents of Old Rag and several other communities were resettled to Ida Valley near the Madison Courthouse.

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