McGaheysville is an small community located in RockinghamCounty. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Penn Laird and Elkton,and sits at the base of Massanutten Mountain.

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McGaheysville was named for surveyor Tobias Randolph McGahey, who came to the area as part of a Scotch-Irish colonization effort in 1801. Shortly thereafter he married innkeeper Eva Conrad, at whose tavern he had previously spent the night. In 1802 he established a post office using the name 'McGaheysville' and gave the town its name. Source - 'Down Home in McGaheysville'. Cooperative Living.

McGaheysville is located near the south fork of Shenandoah River in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. The land to the immediate south of the town consists primarily of farmland but beyond that is the mountainous Shenandoah National Park. It is nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and the Allegheny Mountains on the west. It boasts diverse outdoor recreation, such as skiing, canoeing, kayaking, rafting or tubing. Massanutten Resort on Massanutten Mountain is just to the north of the town. Massanutten Resort has skiing, tubing, and a large indoor/outdoor waterpark for year round fun and entertainment.

Massanutten is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, built around a ski resort. The population was 2,291 at the 2010 census. It is part of the HarrisonburgMetropolitan Statistical Area

Geography[edit]

Massanutten is located at 38°24′16″N78°44′24″W / 38.40444°N 78.74000°W (38.404566, −78.740120).^[3] It lies within a valley at the southern end of Massanutten Mountain.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.3 square miles (37.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics[edit]

The first European-American to settle permanently in the area was Adam Miller (Mueller) (1703–1783), a native of Germany who arrived in 1726 and made his homestead near present-day Elkton.

At the 2000 census,^[1] there were 1,945 people, 751 households and 582 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 135.7 per square mile (52.4/km²). There were 1,051 housing units at an average density of 73.3/sq mi (28.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.12% White, 2.06% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.49% of the population.

There were 751 households which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.91.

Age distribution was 24.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.

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The median household income was $61,316, and the median family income was $61,957. Males had a median income of $44,010 versus $27,596 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,292. About 2.4% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

History[edit]

The Rockingham Springs Hotel was the first resort developed at Massanutten. In 1875, Gerald. T. Hopkins, a farmer, created a health spa from the natural springs.^[4] A three-story hotel was built in the vicinity of the family hunting cabin (Hunters Cabin), which still stands at the present-day Hopkins Park, near the intersection of Lanier Lane and Massanutten Drive. When the popularity of health resorts declined, the hotel was closed in 1915.^[5]

Sidney Lanier, a well-known poet, visited Rockingham Springs before taking a teaching position in literature at Johns Hopkins University.^[6] Lanier Lane roughly follows the route to the site of Rockingham Springs.

In the late 1960s the great grandson of G.T. Hopkins, John L. Hopkins, envisioned a ski resort at Massanutten.

Development and growth[edit]

In 1973, the Massanutten Development Corporation was chartered by John L. Hopkins III (President), the great grandson of G.T. Hopkins, Leland Leachman, (Vice President) Donald Litten, Len LaSala (Del Webb employee appointed Massanutten general manager). One and one-half million dollars was paid to individual property owners to assemble 5,300 acre at a price of $100-$300/acre. One piece was purchased for $1000/acre. Hopkins invited the Del Webb Corporation to enter the partnership.^[7]

In 1974, an economic downturn caused the Webb Corp to become the major stockholder. In 1977, Dale Stancil, former owner of Bryce Resort, purchased the resort for $1.9 million and renamed the property Massanutten Village, Inc. In 1980, John Swaim of First Federal Corp. acquired the resort for $4.0 million. In 1984, the current owner, Great Eastern Resorts (C. Dice Hammer and Jim Lambert) acquired the resort for $3.0 million in a bankruptcy reorganization plan.^[8][9]

Recreation[edit]

Massanutten Resort

Snowsports[edit]

The ski lodge, constructed in 1972 for $800,000, was designed by Barry A. Berkus of Los Angeles and the ski slopes opened in 1973. An enlarged Snow Sports Learning Center was completed in 2014^[10] Snowsports instructors are members of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors. Adaptive Instruction is offered through Therapeutic Adventures.^[11] The Massanutten ski team is a member of the Southern Alpine Racing Association.^[12] The Massanutten Ski Patrol are members of the National Ski Patrol.

Golf[edit]

The first golf course at Massanutten, the 18-hole par 72 Mountain Greens Golf Course, was completed in 1980. The 18-hole, par 65 Woodstone Meadows Golf Course opened in 1998.^[13]

Cycling and Mountain Biking[edit]

In May 1992, the sixth stage of the Tour DuPont was held from Hagerstown, MD to Massanutten. Lance Armstrong raced in the tour and Greg LeMond won the Tour.^[14]

The Massanutten Bike Park is served by a chairlift and consists of trails, marked as beginner, intermediate, advanced and expert, that switchback across the eastern slope of Massanutten Mountain.

There are over 15 miles of multi-use, non-motorized trails which are maintained by the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition^[15] on the Western Slope of Massanutten Mountain.

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The annual Massanutten HOO-HA! mountain bike race is held in June and the annual Massanutten YEE-HA! Downhill Mountain Bike Race is held in April, the second race of the Downhill Southeast Series.^[16]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'U.S. Census website'. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. ^'US Board on Geographic Names'. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. ^'US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990'. United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
4. ^Hopkins, E.B. Rockingham Virginia Springs. Brochure. Harrisonburg, VA: Spirit of the Valley Power Job Press, 1893.
5. ^Michaels, Christine (2007). Massanutten. Acadia. pp. 32–41.
6. ^Wayland, J. (1912). Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs. Ruebush-Elkins Company.
7. ^Michaels, Christine (2007). Massanutten. Acadia Publishing. pp. 32–105. ISBN2007921383.
8. ^Swallow, Wendy. 'Massanutten is Denied More Time On Its $35million Bailout Plan.' The Washington Post Oct. 20, 1984.
9. ^Swallow, W. 'Bankrupt Massanutten Resort Sold'. The Washington Post Dec. 24, 1984
10. ^Daily News-Record Dec 9, 2017 “Massanutten Resort Has Sights Set on Ski Instructors for New Facilities
11. ^'Therapeutic Adventures'.
12. ^'Southern Alpine Racing Association'.
13. ^Christine, Michaels (2007). Massanutten. pp. 126, 161–167.
14. ^R. Reid, 'LeMond Captures Tour DuPont,' Philadelphia Inquirer, May 18, 1992
15. ^'Shenandoah Valley Bicycling Coalition'.^{[dead link]}
16. ^'Downhill Southeast Series'.

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