Overview
Located on a local northern extreme in the western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, at the tripoint with the State of West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is Buchanan County, Virginia, most notable for the distinct pronunciation separate from the typical pronunciation of the name of the former President of the United States and for using the Town of Grundy as the county seat. Within the coalfields of the Commonwealth of Virginia in a region deep within Appalachia is a sense of extreme poverty, which decreases resources, services, and life expectancy within a region that also continues into similar dynamics in surrounding counties in southern West Virginia and the Eastern Kentucky Coalfields.
