Appalachia (ap-uh-LACH-uh), town (1990 pop. 1,994), Wise co., SW Va., 7 mi/11.3 km W of Norton, on Powell R., in the Cumberland Mts., near Ky. state line, in Jefferson Natl. Forest; 36°54'N 82°47'W. Mfg. (lumber); agr. (tobacco, hay; cattle); timber; coal. RR junction (coal mine RR spurs). Settled 1890; inc. 1906.