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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.
List of assets owned by Gannett. Gannett Company owns over 100 daily newspapers, and nearly 1,000 weekly newspapers. These operations are in 44 U.S. states, one U.S. territory, and six countries. [1]
Circulation. [verification needed] Publisher/parent company. Athol Daily News [1] Athol. Franklin. Daily. Newspapers of New England, Inc. The Berkshire Eagle.
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.
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.
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.
Glenwood is a historic plantation estate located at 7040 Philpott Road ( United States Route 58) southwest of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The main house was completed about 1861, and is a distinctive combination of mid-19th century architectural styles. The main house is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof.