Falling Spring is an

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in Alleghany County,

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. The name also applies to Falling Spring Falls, a cascade of water nestled in the Alleghany Highlands. The property of the falls and surrounding acreage was granted in 1780 to Thomas Massie by

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, then governor of Virginia. Jefferson makes explicit reference to the cascade in his

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in the following terms: "The only remarkable cascade in this country is that of the Falling Springs in Augusta (...) it falls over 200 feet into the valley below.

History

Massie House Massie House, also known as Oak Grove, was a historic home located at Falling Spring, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in two phases in 1825–1826, and was a double-pile, two-story, five-bay, wood-frame house on a brick foundation in the ...

was added to the

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in 1982.

References

GNIS reference

External links

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