Tumbez, Virginia, is a small cluster of homes and farms at a fork in the road in the southwestern edge of
Russell County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
. It was the home of mountain music fiddler
Uncle Charlie Osborne
Charles Nelson Osborne (December 26, 1890 – May 27, 1992), affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. He was born in what is now known as Cowan Osborne Hollow, named for his father ...
.
Tumbez is located at .
References
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"Tumbez" Retrieved 31 January 2006.
Geography of Russell County, Virginia
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