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This is a list of area codes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 276 — Southwest corner of the state including Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville (September 1, 2001 as split from 540). 434 — South central area including Charlottesville and Lynchburg (June 1, 2001 as split from 804).
Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers.In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and sometimes the American Bulldog, along with any crossbred dog that shares certain physical characteristics with these ...
A map of the US showing in red which states have a specified dog breed as an official symbol. Thirteen states of the United States have designated an official state dog breed. Maryland was the first state to name a dog breed as a state symbol, naming the Chesapeake Bay Retriever in 1964. [1]
The two southernmost counties on the Middle Peninsula, Gloucester and Mathews, are part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, but use 804 and 686 instead of the area codes 757 and 948 used by the rest of Hampton Roads. Area code 804 was split from Virginia's original area code 703 on Sunday, June 24, 1973, with an official permissive dialing ...
A bull and terrier type. Paris, 1863. "Watchful-Waiting". World War I poster featuring a pit bull as a representation of the US. Until the mid-19th century the since-extinct Old English Terriers and Old English Bulldogs were bred together to produce a dog that combined the gameness of the terrier with the strength and athleticism of the bulldog.
This dog is a mere seventeen months old, but he already weighs in at over 173 lbs -- and appropriately, he's named Hulk.
Area code 540 was established on July 15, 1995, when numbering plan area 703 was divided. The independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, (Eastern) Loudon County and Prince William along with a very small portion of Fauquier County and Stafford County remained in the area code 703, while the rest of the area was ...
Numbering plan area (red) of area code 276. Area code 276 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was established by a split of area code 540 on September 1, 2001. Prior to October 2021, area code 276 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988.