Saluda is a census-designated place

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 (CDP) in and the county seat

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 of Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,932 people, 4,253 households, and 2,913 families residing in the county. The population density was 76 people per square mile . There were 6,362 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

, Virginia

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, United States

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. The population as of the 2010 Census

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 was 769.
The Middlesex County courthouse

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 was built in 1850-1874 by architects William R. Jones and John P. Hill, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places

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. A new courthouse complex was built in 2003-2004, but its opening was stalled due to various construction problems, leading to a legal dispute between the County board and the contractor. It was eventually opened in 2007.

The highly decorated Marine

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, veteran of the Banana Wars, World War II

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 and the Korean War

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, Chesty Puller

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died in Saluda in 1971.