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Halifax County was established in 1752 by English colonists from Lunenburg County. The county was named for George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax . Through the 1990 Census, South Boston was an independent city , but it became a town again and rejoined Halifax County in 1995.
Designated VLR. December 18, 2008 [2] Town of Halifax Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 172 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 13 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object (Confederate War Memorial, 1911) in the Town of Halifax.
Location of Halifax County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Halifax County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.
List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...
Halifax County Courthouse (Virginia) / 36.76556°N 78.92944°W / 36.76556; -78.92944. Halifax County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. It was designed and built in 1838-1839 by Dabney Cosby. It is a two-story, T-shaped brick building in the Federal style.
51-34064 [ 3] GNIS feature ID. 1502794 [ 4] Website. townofhalifax .com. Halifax is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States, along the Banister River. The population was 1,309 at the 2010 census. [ 5] It is the county seat of Halifax County.
Redfield (Oak Level, Virginia) / 36.70083°N 79.07806°W / 36.70083; -79.07806. Redfield is a historic home located near Oak Level, Halifax County, Virginia. It was built in 1855–1857, and is a two-story, four-bay, central hall plan, hipped roofed brick dwelling in the Classical Villa style. The main block is flanked by one-story ...
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on Brier Mountain in western Pittsylvania County and flows generally eastwardly into Halifax County, past the town of ...