Interesting question... All I know is that it was once the site of a railroad station. How long has the town existed under that name? Could it have been named for an historic or literary figure? There was a ship named the Alvarado that was burned by a Union vessel off Fla. during the Civil War... I know of a place in NE that was named for a faraway battle, a Mexican place, from the Mexican War (ca 1845). You're right about Washington Co. probably having no early residents of Hispanic origin, near as I can tell (at least not named Alvarado). There was one Alvarado listed in 1920 in all of VA, and one in 1930, neither in Washington Co. VA., and none before that. If you get an answer, please post for the rest of us. Inquiring minds etc. --- Swvaroot7@aol.com wrote: > Volks, > > How, or from where, did Alvarado between > Abingdon and Damascus get its > name. It's Spanish and I know of no Spaniads > that were in early Wash. Co., VA. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

Alverado: Many stations along some railroads in southwest Virginia were named by the wife of a railroad magnate. I don't know if Alverado was named by the woman or not. When I was a child I went to the store at Alverado and remember seeing the steam engine pass by. The old store is still open, providing food and snacks for bikers on the Creeper Trail. Damascus was named by an iron magnate who envisioned the town as a large iron production location, however the iron ore soon played out and his dream was never realized. Damascus now survives on the hikers of the Appalachian Trail and bikers riding the Creeper Trail. G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.