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- Staunton (Virginia)
Staunton (oficialmente: City of Staunton) es una de las 39...
- Piezas Staunton
Las piezas de ajedrez Staunton o, abreviadamente piezas...
- Staunton (Virginia)
London. Died. 22 June 1874. (1874-06-22) (aged 64) London. Howard Staunton (April 1810 – 22 June 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant.
- April 1810, London
- 22 June 1874 (aged 64), London
- England
- Howard Staunton
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The area was first settled in 1732 by John Lewis and family. In 1736, William Beverley, a wealthy planter and merchant from Essex County, was granted by the Crown over 118,000 acres (48,000 hectares) in what would become Augusta County. Surveyor Thomas Lewis in 1746 laid out the first town plat for Beverley of what was originally called Beverley's ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20 square miles (52 km2), virtually all of which is land. Staunton is located in the Shenandoah Valley in between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains of the Appalachian Mountains. It is drained by Lewis Creek. Lewis Creek flows into the Shenandoah River, which flows into ...
Staunton operates under a council-manager form of government. In 1908, Staunton was the first city in the United States to give an appointed employee authority over city affairs through statute. In 1912, Sumter, South Carolina, was the first U.S. city to implement the council-manager form of city government.The city of Staunton refers to itself on ...
2020 census
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
2000 Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,853 people, 9,676 households, and 5,766 families residing in Staunton. The population density was 1,210.3 people per square mile (467.3/km2). There were 10,427 housing units at an average density of 529.1 per square mile (204.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 83.29% White, 13.95% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latinoof an...
Top employers
According to Staunton's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,the top employers in the city are:
Staunton is home to the American Shakespeare Center, a theatrical company centered at the Blackfriars Playhouse, a replica of Shakespeare's Blackfriars Theatre. In 2012, it also became the home of the Heifetz International Music Institute, named for renowned violinist Daniel Heifetz, a summer music school and festival dedicated to the artistic grow...
Staunton is home to nearly 200 buildings designed by architect Thomas Jasper Collins (1844–1925), who worked in various styles during the Victorian era.His firm, T. J. Collins & Sons, is still in business. The city was once home to about ten hotels, but only one of them is still in operation - Hotel 24 South. This hotel, formerly known as the "Ston...
In 1894, Staunton fielded a baseball team in the original Virginia League: The Staunton Hayseeds. In 1914, the city fielded a team in the Virginia Mountain League: The Staunton Lunatics. The Lunatics moved to Harrisonburg in July 1914, just before the league disbanded.[citation needed] From 1939 to 1942, the city fielded a team in the second Virgin...
Healthcare
1. Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents (formerly the DeJarnette Center after eugenicist Joseph DeJarnette) psychiatric facility 2. Western State Hospital (Virginia)psychiatric facility
Staunton City Schoolsis the school district of the city. Black Virginians were largely barred from education until Reconstruction. The first school in Staunton which allowed African-Americans to attend was established by the Freedmen's Bureau under the supervision of the commanding general of the occupying Union army in late 1865. Arrangements were...
- 1,417 ft (432 m)
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8 de abr. de 2024 · Staunton, city, seat (1738), of Augusta county (though administratively independent of it), north-central Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Shenandoah River, between Shenandoah National Park (east) and George Washington National Forest (west), 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Charlottesville.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Howard Staunton (1810-1874) fue un ajedrecista inglés que logró ser campeón del mundo no oficial de 1843 a 1851. También fue columnista y escritor de ajedrez, además de estudioso de Shakespeare. Es recordado por el modelo de piezas de ajedrez que llevan su nombre, las Piezas Staunton. [1]
