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Masonic Amphitheater in Clifton Forge. Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the greater Roanoke Region. [4] The population was 3,555 at the 2020 census. The Jackson River flows through the town, which as a result was once known as Jackson's River Station. Clifton Forge was an independent city ...
Notable non-residential buildings include the Clifton Forge High School (1928), First Baptist Church (c. 1892), Main Street Baptist Church (1921), First Christian Church (1906), Presbyterian Church (1907), Methodist Church (1908–1910), Clifton Forge Baptist Church (1912), Clifton Forge Woman's Club (1939), and Clifton Forge Armory (1940–1941).
On July 1, 2001, the city of Clifton Forge reincorporated as a town within Alleghany County. As such, the town is subject to the county and simultaneously subject to the new charter for the town of Clifton Forge. [6] When the county was established, the principal export was hemp, used for rope production in Richmond. However, as hemp demand and ...
Clifton Forge Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. The district encompasses 77 contributing buildings in the central business district of Clifton Forge. It primarily includes frame, brick, and concrete block commercial buildings dating to the late-19th and early-20th ...
Longdale Furnace is an unincorporated community located east of Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.. Much of the community was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The Times-Dispatch has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk's The Virginian-Pilot. [5] In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Chester, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the Times-Dispatch has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro.
The News Virginian traces its publishing history to the Valley Virginian, which issued its first edition in 1901. [3] The Valley Virginian consolidated with the Waynesboro News in November 1929, becoming the Waynesboro News-Virginian by owner / publisher Louis Spilman. [4] In 1960, the paper took on its current moniker of The News Virginian. [5]