page_title: Cedar Bluff, Virginia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cedar Bluff, Virginia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic Cedar Bluff Carriage Tour
context_page_description: Cedar Bluff is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area, which has a population of 107,578.
context_section_description: Cedar Bluff is a 19th century mill town located on the banks of the Clinch River in Tazewell County, Virginia.  Centered around the Old Kentucky Turnpike, a street looking much as it did when the Virginia Legislature chartered the thoroughfare in 1848, the nationally listed historic district extends from the restored old grist mill to the 1873 birthplace of Virginia Governor George C. Peery.
  Cedar Bluff is the home of the Clinch Valley Blanket Mill which housed the Goodwin weavers, in operation from 1890 through World War II.
  The Virginia Civil War Trails project includes a Cedar Bluff battle site, with two markers detailing the event.  There are also several marked graves of Civil War Soldiers in the historic Jones Chapel Cemetery located in the West end of Cedar Bluff.
  In addition, Cedar Bluff is home to the Cedar Bluff Overlook Park located high on a bluff overlooking the Clinch River and the downtown area of Cedar Bluff.  Along the Overlook Trail, there are interpretive signs with information on the Clinch River habitat, including federally listed endangered species, as well as information on the geology of the bluff itself.
  Also in Cedar Bluff there are ruins of the old McGuire Mill dam with the adjoining picnic area and access to the Clinch River.
  The Clinch Valley Roller Mills and Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Historic Cedar Bluff Carriage Tour
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "2688", "Image ImageLength": "1520", "Image Make": "HTC", "Image Model": "HTC6525LVW", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image Software": "3.4.0-g5093fc3", "Image DateTime": "2015:09:19 12:56:20", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "2254", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[37, 5, 92811/5000]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[81, 45, 277679/5000]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "0", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[16, 55, 44]", "GPS GPSProcessingMethod": "ASCII", "GPS GPSDate": "2015:09:19", "Image GPSInfo": "10034", "Image Padding": "[]", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/4494", "EXIF FNumber": "2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "125", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2015:09:19 12:56:20", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2015:09:19 12:56:20", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "12133/1000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "2", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "110149/12500", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "2", "EXIF MeteringMode": "other", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "191/50", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "75", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "75", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2688", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1520", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0/0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "0", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Hard", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Hard", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4180"}