Staunton
Staunton names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Staunton a river of Virginia which rises in M Montgomery co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a river of Virginia which rises in M Montgomery co., and flows E. across Roanoke co., reaching the Blue Ridge, through which it breaks, so forming picturesque scenery and marvels in rapid descent. It is said to fall 1,000 feet in 20 miles. It has devious windings after it emerges from the mountain depths. It unites with the Dan river at Clarksville, Mecklenburg co., to form the Roanoke; length, 200 miles. STAUROLITE or FAIRY STONE, a mineral found in various parts of the United States, in the Tyrol, in Cornwall (England) and in other parts. Chemically, it is a hydrated silicate of iron, aluminum and magnesium and occurs as brown rhombic crystals, having a cruciform arrangement, and a sub-vitreous lustre. Its specific gravity is 3.5 and hardness 7.5.
Staunton a city and county-seat of Augusta co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Augusta co., Va.; on the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads; 136 miles W. N. W. of Richmond. It is situated in the fertile and beautiful Shenandoah valley. Here are the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, the Mary Baldwin Seminary, the Staunton Military Academy, the Staunton Female Seminary, the Wesleyan Female Institute, the Western State Hospital, Masonic Temple, City Hall, park, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, National and State banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of ice, sash and blinds, cigars, flour, organs, machinery, building material, agricultural implements, carriages, etc. Pop. (1910) 10,604; (1920) 10,623.
Staunton a city of Illinois
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Illinois, in Macoupin co. It is on the Wabash, the Litchfield and Madison, and the Illinois Traction railroads. In the neighborhood are coal mines, and oil and gas wells. Among its public buildings is the Labor Temple. Pop. (1910) 5,048; (1920) 6,- 02 027.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's listed Staunton, Virginia's seminaries and sash factories in 1921 but not its most famous native: Woodrow Wilson, born in the Presbyterian manse there in 1856 and still president when the volume was being prepared. Of the schools named, Mary Baldwin Seminary is now Mary Baldwin University, the Staunton Military Academy closed in 1976, and the sprawling Western State Hospital campus has been redeveloped as housing; the city itself has grown only to roughly 25,000, and its chief draw today is the Blackfriars Playhouse, a reconstruction of Shakespeare's indoor theatre opened in 2001. The Staunton river was altered more drastically: the John H. Kerr Dam, completed in 1952, drowned the meeting with the Dan at Clarksville under the reservoir known as Kerr Lake or Buggs Island Lake, and the upper course is now generally mapped as the Roanoke. Staunton, Illinois, whose coal mines have long since closed, has barely grown since 1920.
Written for this edition, 2026.