Editing Mount Jackson, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Mount Jackson, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, is in the southern part of [[Shenandoah County, Virginia]] at {{coord|38.749950|-78.637638|format=dms|region:US-VA_type:city|display=inline,title}} (38.749950, -78.637638).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The town is located just to the west of [[Short Mountain (Virginia)|Short Mountain]], a prominent ridge of the [[Massanutten Mountain Ridge]]. Short Mountain is seven miles in length, from Mount Jackson on the south end to Edinburg on the north.

The most prominent feature of Short Mountain is "The Knob", a rocky top barren at the south end of the mountain, an iconic landmark overlooking Mt. Jackson, the image of which is part of the town's official seal. When the Knob was threatened with private development, The Conservation Fund and Town of Mount Jackson worked together to secure $80,000 of funding to preserve it, purchasing it in January 2020 and conveying its 91 acres to the Forest Service to be part of the George Washington National Forest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservationfund.org/news/press-releases/2160-more-than-90-acres-of-the-knob-protected-in-virginia|title = More Than 90 Acres of the Knob Protected in Virginia}}</ref> 
[[File:Short Mtn VA.jpg|thumb|left|The Knob, a prominent landmark overlooking Mt, Jackson, included on its official town seal]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 1.2&nbsp;square miles (3.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.