Emory

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Emory

Total population

1,419

Median home value

$231,400

28.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$111,667

Emory$112k

National$74k

Coordinates36.78°, -81.83°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Emory is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2020 census down from 1,251 at the 2010 census. The community is named for and is the location of Emory and Henry University.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

F

Fred Allison

American physicist (1882-1974)

Lefty Thomas

Major League Baseball pitcher

H

Hugh Watt White

Christian missionary in China, 1870-1940

J. Cloyd Byars

American lawyer and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Virginia

• Glade Spring
  3.1 mi away
• Meadowview
  3.3 mi away
• Saltville
  7.5 mi away
• Chilhowie
  8.1 mi away
• Allison Gap
  8.6 mi away
• Damascus
  10.4 mi away · pop. 772
• Seven Mile Ford
  11.1 mi away
• Adwolf
  13 mi away
• McMullin
  14.1 mi away
• Lebanon
  16.2 mi away
• Marion
  17.7 mi away
• Honaker
  18.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Emory

Frances Weaver Skeens, growing up in Emory, Virginia

Frances Weaver Skeens · 1978

Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia

Herbert Baxter Adams · 1888

West Virginia's historic bridges

Emory Leland Kemp · 1984

Contributions to the archeology of southwestern Virginia

Emory E. Jones · 2001

Thomas Nelson and the Revolution in Virginia

Emory G. Evans · 1978

Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry

Robert Emory Park · 1906

The Nelsons, a biographical study of a Virginia family in the eighteenth century

Emory G. Evans · 1979

A "Topping People": The Rise and Decline of Virginia's Old Political Elite, 1680-1790

Emory G. Evans · 2009

Search results from Open Library.