Osaka, Virginia
Osaka is a Census-designated place and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States, served by a (now vanished) branch line of the Appalachia to Stonega railroad that ran along Mud Lick Creek to Roda, which was built in 1896 by Interstate Railroads.
References
- ^ GNIS.
- ^ Prescott 1946, p. 112.
- ^ Poor 1911, p. 464, INTERSTATE RR.
bibliography
- Prescott, E. J. (1946). The Story of the Virginia Coal and Iron Company, 1882–1945. Virginia Book.
- Poor, Henry Varnum (1911). Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States. Vol. 44. New York: Poor's Manual Company.
- "Osaka". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.