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FIPS code. 51-73712 [ 2] GNIS feature ID. 1501641 [ 3] Website. www .southboston .com. South Boston, formerly Boyd's Ferry, [ 4] is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,142 at the 2010 census, [ 5] down from 8,491 at the 2000 census. It is the most populous town in Halifax County.
September 26, 1986, June 11, 2009 (Boundary Increase) Designated VLR. August 16, 1983, December 18, 2008 [2] South Boston Historic District is a national historic district located at South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 594 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures in the Village of South Boston.
The original Virginia Gazette, the first newspaper ever published in Virginia, was established by William Parks, who printed the first four-page edition on August 6, 1736. Its motto was "Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick." Three years earlier, Parks had founded The Maryland Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
Berry Hill Plantation, also known simply as Berry Hill, is a historic plantation located on the west side of South Boston in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.The main house, transformed c. 1839 into one of Virginia's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
The Fourqurean House, once part of the Little Plantation, is a historic house on Bold Spring Road, southwest of South Boston, Virginia. It is a modest 11⁄2 -story wood-frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior, end chimneys, and gabled roof. It has a three-bay front facade, with an off-center doorway between more evenly spaced sash windows.
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The Marlin Chronicle – student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan University. Ring-tum Phi – student newspaper of the Washington and Lee University. The Rotunda – student newspaper of Longwood University. Spartan Echo – student newspaper of Norfolk State University. The Tartan – student newspaper of Radford University.