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0778036. Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. [ 3] In 1961 the town and the surrounding area were designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District. [ 4] The population was 219 at the 2020 census.
The Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing Virginia City, Montana, United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. [2]
1st. Website. www .madison .mt .gov. Montana county number 25. Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,623. [ 2] Its county seat is Virginia City. [ 3] The county was founded in 1865; [ 4] at the time it was part of the Montana Territory .
Virginia City, Nevada. / 39.31028°N 119.64944°W / 39.31028; -119.64944. Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. [ 4] The city is a part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Combination Shaft, located near Virginia City, began in 1875 when the mine owners combined their efforts to sink a shaft to explore the Comstock Lode at a greater depth. The Combination was the deepest shaft ever sunk on the Comstock, reaching a depth of 3,250 feet (990 m). It was used until 1886.
The capital moved to Virginia City in 1865 and to Helena in 1875. In 1870, the non-Indian population of the Montana Territory was 20,595. [22] The Montana Historical Society, founded on February 2, 1865, in Virginia City, is the oldest such institution west of the Mississippi (excluding Louisiana). [23]
In July 1865, the Helena vigilantes captured Jack Silvie in Diamond City, Montana, and charged him with various crimes of robbery. Prior to his execution by hanging from Helena's "Hangman's Tree", Silvie confessed to being a member of the Virginia City road agents and to at least a dozen murders in the territory.
July 4, 1961 [ 2] Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district ...