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CDP in Augusta County, Virginia, US

Stuarts Draft is a census designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Stuarts Draft has a history as an agricultural community, dating back to the 1730s. As one writer notes, "A visitor to Stuarts Draft can see these imposing plants with cattle grazing in a nearby field " Two non residents tribes were frequent visitors to the area: the Delaware from the north and the Catawba from the south. At the time, this was the "outermost limits of Virginia". Stuart settled about three miles east of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church which he helped found in 1744. These early settlers built houses and cleared the land for farming. The Stuart property was purchased by John Harper in 1800, with some parts being owned by Joseph McComb and Jacob Farror at a later date. In the 1960s, Stuarts Draft entered the modern industrial era with the opening of Draftco and the J. K. Porter plant (now NIBCO). This was followed by a Hershey Company plant and McKee Foods in the 1980s and 1990s, respectively. The South River is a tributary of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Major streams in Stuarts Draft include Barterbrook Branch, Cole's Run, Deep Pond Run, Falling Rock Creek, Folly Mills Creek, Goose Creek, Johns Runs, Loves Run, Pine Run, and Stony Run. The George Washington National Forest is at the southern border of Stuarts Draft. Mineral deposits in the national forest include clay, gravel, iron, manganese, and sand. The Stuarts Draft CDP includes agricultural conservation areas and rural conservation areas. The temperature ranges are from 26 °F to 86 °F; it is rarely below 11 °F or above 93 °F. |
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Stuarts Draft has a historic commercial district located along Draft Avenue, formerly Main Street. Two properties in Stuarts Draft are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dating to c. 1857, the Bare House is a Greek Revival and Italianate style brick house, located off Wilda Road. Its related two story stone mill, now in ruins, operated from 1795 through 1850. There is also a large mortise and tenon frame granary. There is also a Craftsman style farmhouse (1901) at 239 Stuart Avenue.

Churches located in Stuarts Draft include: Bible Truth Church, Calvary United Methodist Church, Destiny Family Center (Assemblies of God), Finley Memorial Presbyterian Church, Good Shepard Church of the Nazarene, Greenmonte Mennonite Church, Pilgrim Christian Fellowship (Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship), Rankin United Methodist Church, Rejoicing Life Church (International Church of the Foursquare Gospel), Ridgeview Baptist Church (Baptist Bible Fellowship International), Sherando United Methodist Church, Steadfast Church of God in Christ (Pentecostal), Stuarts Draft Baptist Church (Southern Baptist Convention), Stuarts Draft Christian Fellowship, Stuarts Draft Good Shepherd (Nazarene), Stuarts Draft Mennonite Church, Valley Baptist Church (Independent), and White Hill Church of the Brethren.

Stuarts Draft has a summer baseball league team, the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks. The team plays at The Diamond Club, leased to it by Augusta County.

Kate Schneider Park is operated by the Stuarts Draft Ruritans and provides three lit baseball fields, one unlit baseball field, a pavilion, and a large horseshoes court. Friendship Park provides a single lit baseball field. Billed as "America's Finest Inland Beach", it featured 250 campsites, cabins, horseback riding, tennis courts, a volleyball and softball field, shuffleboard, a fishing pond, a beach area, and a sand bottom swimming lake. Shenandoah Acres reopened in 2015 as Sun Retreats Shenandoah Valley; the new owners expanded the facilities to 315 campsites and added an arcade. Covering , it is the largest recreation development in the George Washington National Forest area.

Stuarts Draft includes four Augusta County Schools: Guy K. Stump Elementary School, Stuarts Draft Elementary School, Stuarts Draft Middle School, and Stuarts Draft High School.

Brite Bus provides public transportation through its Stuarts Draft Link.

Major highways in Stuarts Draft include U. S. Route 340 (Stuarts Draft Highway).