Tumbez, Virginia
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Tumbez, Virginia, is a small cluster of homes and farms at a fork in the road in the southwestern edge of Russell County
in the U.S. state
of Virginia
. It was the home of mountain music fiddler Uncle Charlie Osborne
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Tumbez is located at 36°46′05"N 82°15′57"W .
Russell County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 30,308 people, 11,789 households, and 8,818 families residing in the county. The population density was 64 people per square mile . There were 13,191 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. It was the home of mountain music fiddler Uncle Charlie Osborne
Uncle Charlie Osborne
Charles Nelson Osborne, , affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. He was born in what is now known as Cowan Osborne Hollow, named for his father, in Copper Creek, Virginia...
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Tumbez is located at 36°46′05"N 82°15′57"W .