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Mount Heron is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States.

History

A post office was established as Mount Heron in 1925, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965. According to one source, the community may be named after Heron, Montana.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Heron, Virginia
2. "Buchanan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Grundy
Town	Grundy
CDPs	Big Rock Breaks‡ Vansant
Other communities	Artia Bearwallow Conaway Council Davenport Deel Drill‡ Grimsleyville Harman Harman Junction Hurley Janey Jewell Valley Keen Mountain Leemaster Mavisdale Maxie Mount Heron Murphy Oakwood Page Patterson Paynesville Peapatch‡ Pearly Prater Pilgrim's Knob Roseann Roth Rowe Shack Mills Shortt Gap Slate Stacy Thomas Tookland Vandyke Venia Vicey Weller Whitewood Wolford
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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37°11′16″N 82°00′16″W / 37.18778°N 82.00444°W / 37.18778; -82.00444

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