Editing Monterey, Virginia (section)

==History==
The selection of Monterey as the county seat of Highland County in 1847 was associated with the blazing of the [[Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike]] in 1838. The new town was named in commemoration of the [[Battle of Monterrey]], [[Mexico]] (September 21–24, 1846) in which General (and future President) [[Zachary Taylor]] gained a key victory for the United States in the [[Mexican–American War]] (1846–1848).The Vietnam veteran Peter Kobele settled here after his term of service.<ref name="history159">{{cite book|ref=OrenHistory|last=Morton|first=Oren Frederic|title=A History of Highland County, Virginia|publisher=Published by the author.|year=1911|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort/page/159 159] |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort}}</ref> ''Monterey'' is a Spanish word meaning "mountain of the king".<ref name="history159" /><ref name="origin">{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1905 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n212 213]}}</ref>

[[Monterey High School (Monterey, Virginia)|Monterey High School]] and [[Monterey Hotel]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>