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==Geography== [[File:WV plateau.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grundy is located in the Cumberland Mountains portion of the Appalachian range, just east of the Cumberland Plateau. The town is located towards the center left portion of the map.]] Grundy is located at {{Coord|37|16|40.40|N|82|05|56.48|W|type:town}} (37.2778886, -82.0990223).<ref name=gnis/> The town is located at intersection of [[U.S. Route 460 in Virginia|U.S. Route 460]] and [[Virginia State Route 83|State Route 83]], directly on the banks of the [[Levisa Fork River]]. Grundy is located in the coalfields of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|5.040|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.986|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.054|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> Grundy is located in the [[Cumberland Plateau|Cumberland Plateau Region]]. ===Transportation=== Grundy is served by the [[Grundy Municipal Airport]] located in [[Vansant, Virginia|Vansant]], which serves general aviation traffic. Commercial traffic can be found at [[Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport]] in [[West Virginia]] and at the [[Tri-Cities Regional Airport]] in [[Tennessee]]. Four County Transit maintains a local trolley system that services downtown locations. Stops include the Grundy courthouse, Grundy Church of Christ, the former Food City parking lot, the Grundy Community Center, the Appalachian School of Law, and the former downtown parking lot.<ref name="Trolley Bus Service Now Available">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiamountaineer.com/backissues/6-29-06/page2.html |title=Trolley Bus Service Now Available |access-date=April 6, 2007 |work=Virginia Mountaineer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021185846/http://www.virginiamountaineer.com/backissues/6-29-06/page2.html |archive-date=October 21, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] maintains tracks and runs trains through the town. However, there are no passenger rail services or stops currently in Grundy. Grundy is served by [[U.S. Route 460]]. The [[Coalfields Expressway]] will be built just to the north and east of town. [[Route 83 (Virginia)|State Route 83]] is also a major highway in the area.
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