Stuarts Draft, VA

Stuarts Draft is a census-designated place in Augusta County, south of Waynesboro in the Shenandoah Valley. The area developed as a farming community, with hemp once proving more successful than tobacco or cotton for local farmers because it supplied raw material for naval rope. Today Stuarts Draft has schools, industry, subdivisions, and valley views, plus community events like the Sweet Dreams festival in Stuarts Draft Park. It feels practical, rural-edged, and deeply tied to the Blue Ridge and valley landscape.