Interstate 81 is 15 miles east on
US 33. Charlottesville is just 40 miles southeast via US 33 East and
US 29 South. Richmond, 94 miles southeast, is accessible by interstate
or scenic by-way. Washington, DC, is 120 miles northeast.
In addition to the Shenandoah
Valley Regional Airport, the following airports also serve the
valley: Roanoke, Charlottesville, Washington-Dulles, Reagan National
and Baltimore-Washington.
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The Elkton Elementary School and
Elkton Middle School are located within the town limits. Spotswood
High School, a consolidated school for Eastern Rockingham County, is
in Penn Laird.
Several family physicians practice
in Elkton. East Rockingham Health Center, an outpatient facility of
Rockingham Memorial Hospital, is located just outside town limits.
Coors Brewery-Shenandoah Valley and
Merck and Company are the largest industries in the Elkton area and
employ many residents. The community supports 4 banks, 2 financial
institutions and over 75 businesses.
In 1992, Elkton was
selected as a Virginia Main Street Community. It is Virginia's
smallest Main Street Community and is the state's "Demonstration
Project on Small Towns."
The Elkton Main Street
Program works to create and sustain long-term economic stability
within Elkton by strengthening the traditional community center - its
downtown.
Long known
for its rich heritage and fertile farmland, the Shenandoah Valley has
a temperate climate and enviable growing season. Evidence of this is
the nationally acclaimed Shenandoah Vineyards, with its award-winning
wines. The valley's grapes are protected from frost in the spring and
allowed to fully ripen in the fall, thus broadening quality parameters
and enabling optimal selection at harvest.
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