Editing Shenandoah Valley (section)

==Geography==
Named for [[Shenandoah River|the river]] that stretches much of its length, the Shenandoah Valley encompasses eight counties in Virginia and two counties in West Virginia:
*[[Augusta County, Virginia]]
*[[Clarke County, Virginia]]
*[[Frederick County, Virginia]]
*[[Page County, Virginia]]
*[[Rockbridge County, Virginia]]
*[[Rockingham County, Virginia]]
*[[Shenandoah County, Virginia]]
*[[Warren County, Virginia]]
*[[Berkeley County, West Virginia]]
*[[Jefferson County, West Virginia]]

The [[History of Virginia#Antebellum Virginia|antebellum]] composition included four additional counties that are now in West Virginia as well as four additional Virginia counties:<ref>Sheehan-Dean, Aaron, ''Why Confederates Fought, Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia'', Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2007, pg. 26</ref>
*[[Morgan County, West Virginia]]
*[[Hampshire County, West Virginia]]
*[[Hardy County, West Virginia]]
*[[Pendleton County, West Virginia]]
*[[Botetourt County, Virginia]]
*[[Alleghany County, Virginia]]
*[[Bath County, Virginia]]
*[[Highland County, Virginia]]

The cultural region includes five more counties in Virginia:{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
*[[Highland County, Virginia|Highland County]]
*[[Bath County, Virginia|Bath County]]
*[[Alleghany County, Virginia|Alleghany County]]
*[[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt County]]
*[[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]]

Between the Roanoke Valley in the south and [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia|Harpers Ferry]] in the north, where the [[Shenandoah River]] joins the [[Potomac River|Potomac]], the Valley cultural region contains 10 independent cities:
*[[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]]
*[[Harrisonburg, Virginia|Harrisonburg]]
*[[Waynesboro, Virginia|Waynesboro]]
*[[Staunton, Virginia|Staunton]]
*[[Lexington, Virginia|Lexington]]
*[[Buena Vista, Virginia|Buena Vista]]
*[[Covington, Virginia|Covington]]{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
*[[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]]{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
*[[Salem, Virginia|Salem]]{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

The central section of the Shenandoah Valley is split in half by the [[Massanutten Mountain]] range, with the smaller associated [[Page Valley]] lying to its east and [[Fort Valley (Virginia)|Fort Valley]] within the mountain range.

===Notable caves===
The Shenandoah Valley contains a number of geologically and historically significant limestone caves:
*[[Skyline Caverns]]
*[[Luray Caverns]], designated a [[National Natural Landmark]] in 1974
*[[Shenandoah Caverns]]
*[[Endless Caverns]]
*[[Grand Caverns]], designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973
*[[Dixie Caverns]]