THIRD HOUSE DISTRICT

Third. All of Bland, Buchanan, and Tazewell Counties; and part of Russell County comprised of the Drill (401) and Swords Creek (402) Precincts and part of the Honaker (303) Precinct.

Precincts shall be interpreted to refer to those in existence on April 1, 2011, and as reported by the United States Bureau of the Census in the 2010 Census reports provided pursuant to United States Public Law 94-171, notwithstanding subsequent changes made by localities.

The following descriptions are provided for information purposes only pursuant to § 30-264 of the Code of Virginia. The provisions of § 24.2-304.03 of the Code of Virginia, including the statistical report referenced in and on file with the Clerk of the House of Delegates, shall be controlling in any legal determination of the district boundary.

A. Part of Russell County north and east of a line described as follows:

  1. Beginning at the point where Little River intersects the Russell County-Tazewell County boundary
  1. west on Little River to Clinch River
  1. west on Clinch River to Red Bud Highway (State Highway 80)
  1. north on Red Bud Highway to the southern corporate limits of the Town of Honaker
  1. counterclockwise on said corporate limits to a point where an unnamed road, the northern boundary of census block 511670305001007, intersects the western corporate limits
  1. west on said unnamed road to Tunl Road, also named Lesters Lane on other maps
  1. south on Tunl Road to the Norfolk Southern Railway
  1. west on the Norfolk Southern Railway to the point where said railway crosses State Route 646
  1. southwest on State Route 646 to a stream flowing into Thompson Creek, said stream being unnamed on census maps but identified as Sykes Branch in local ordinances and on local maps
  1. northeast on said stream approximately 1.4 miles to the point it crosses an unnamed road that parallels the stream
  1. northeast on said road approximately 120 feet to the point the unnamed steam again crosses the road
  1. north on said unnamed stream to the point it is crossed by State Route 831
  1. northwest on State Route 831 to the point it crosses the left fork of said unnamed stream
  1. northwest on said stream, crossing Big A Mountain Road (State Route 620), to its headwater
  1. northwest on an extension of said stream to a ridge line, said extension and ridge line being part of the eastern boundary of census block 511670305001014
  1. north on said ridge line to the Buchanan County-Russell County boundary at Bradley Gap

8/9/2011 ja final

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