My husband is from Culpeper, and he says that both Culpeper and Madison Counties are indeed part of the Piedmont area in Virginia. Nancy At 09:00 AM 5/13/99 -0500, you wrote: >Lynne, >Thanks for the great explanation of Tidewater et.al. Does anyone know if either Culpeper or Madison County Virginia, or both, are considered Piedmont. I suspect Madison is, but am not certain. > >Thanks, >Louie > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lynne Hundley [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 12:22 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Geography lesson needed. > >Simple definitions: > >1. Tidewater is the coastal area. It goes as far inland as the tide can >reach -- that is, to the first water falls or "rapids" which keep the tide >from going higher inland. In Virginia, for instance, the first falls on the >James River are at Richmond. Everything east is tidewater. The fall-line >(see below) is the line drawn on the map by connecting all the first water >falls. > >2. Headwaters is where a river starts -- usually high in the mountains, >inland. > >3. Carolina Piedmont -- the piedmont (pied = foot, mont = mountains, so >foot-hills) is the area between the fall-line and the mountains. There's a >Carolina piedmont area, Virginia piedmont area, Georgia piedmont etc. > >Let me know if you have questions about this. > >Lynne Hundley > >---------- >I am unfamiliar with the following terms: >> 1. Tidewaters >> 2. Headwaters >> 3. Carolina Piedmont >> >> James Wm. Wallace >> [email protected] > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== >Your support of RootsWeb helps make SHENANDOAH-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== >Your support of RootsWeb helps make SHENANDOAH-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > __________________________________________ Nancy Early, Data Analyst Center For Transportation Research at Virginia Tech 1700 Kraft Drive, Suite 2000 (030800) MC - 0536 Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Phone: 540-231-9896 Fax: 540-231-5214 E-mail: [email protected] __________________________________________