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    Altavista is an incorporated town in Campbell County, Virginia. The town is in the Lynchburg Metropolitan Area, and its population was 3,378 at the 2020...
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    S. Route 29 Business (US 29 Bus.) through the towns of Hurt and Altavista, Virginia, was established in 1974 when mainline US 29 was given a new bypass...
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    also known as Avoca Museum, is a historic home located near Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia. It was designed by Lynchburg Architect, John Minor Botts...
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    Juan Thornhill (category People from Altavista, Virginia)
    played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers. Thornhill attended Altavista High School in Altavista, Virginia. He played safety and quarterback...
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  • Charles Lynch (judge) (category People from Altavista, Virginia)
    Master's Theses. Paper 102. "Avoca's History," Avoca Museum website, Altavista, Virginia — Museum established in a home on the former estate of Charles Lynch...
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    Oak Grove is a historic plantation house located near Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia. It was built in stages between the 1750s and 1833. The oldest...
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  • Altavista Combined School is a public school in Altavista, Virginia. The school houses both the middle school and high school in the same building, and...
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  • Chicago, Illinois Altavista, Virginia Altavista High School, Virginia Altavista Downtown Historic District, Virginia Juan Carlos Altavista (1929-1989), Argentinian...
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    Guy Gardner (astronaut) (category Military personnel from Alexandria, Virginia)
    Trades. Gardner was born on January 6, 1948, in Altavista, Virginia, and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America where...
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    encouraged to permanently remove the latch and lock. The Lane Company of Altavista, Virginia (active 1912-2001) was a notable maker of cedar chests. After developing...
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  • in Chesapeake, Virginia Oak Grove (Altavista, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Campbell County, Virginia Oak Grove (Eastville...
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    The towns of Altavista and Brookneal were created due to their business advantages as well as the "intersection of trails". Altavista was planned by...
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  • Avoca, Pennsylvania Avoca, Texas Avoca (Altavista, Virginia), a historic home in Campbell County Avoca, West Virginia Avoca, Wisconsin Avoca Handweavers,...
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    Altavista Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings...
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  • mid-to-late 1960’s. Mary Alice Franklin Hatwood was born on 24 May 1940 in Altavista, Virginia. After her father, a construction worker, died when she was four...
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  • William G. Dabney (category People from Altavista, Virginia)
    shy of his eighty-fifth birthday. Dabney was born in June 1924 in Altavista, Virginia, the youngest of nine children born to Edgar Stephenson Dabney (1884–1963)...
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  • of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2022, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 29,169 MW through all of its power...
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    between Buchanan and Eagle Rock. SR 43 is a Virginia Byway except south of the US 29 bypass of Altavista. SR 43 has two disjoint sections. SR 43 begins...
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    Mansion Truss Bridge (category Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia)
    Camelback through truss bridge located near Mansion (now Altavista) in Campbell County, Virginia. It was built in 1903, and consisted of two camelback through...
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  • WKDE-FM (category 1969 establishments in Virginia)
    formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Altavista, Virginia, serving Altavista, Bedford, and Lynchburg in Virginia. WKDE-FM is owned and operated by D.J...
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    Heights (census-designated place) Timberlake (census-designated place) Altavista Amherst Appomattox Bedford Brookneal Rustburg (census-designated place)...
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    Princeton Norcross, Virginia Merrimac Roanoke, crossing Norfolk and Western Altavista, crossing Southern Railway Brookneal, crossing Norfolk and Western Virso...
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  • agencies include: Abingdon Police Department Alberta Police Department Altavista Police Department Amherst Police Department Appalachia Police Department...
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    (Independent city) Bristol (Independent city) Campbell (largest city: Altavista) Carroll (largest city: Hillsville) Charlotte (largest city: Keysville)...
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    Bucky Jacobs (category People from Altavista, Virginia)
    Jacobs Pitcher Born: March 21, 1913 Altavista, Virginia Died: June 15, 1990(1990-06-15) (aged 77) Richmond, Virginia Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut...
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    needed] US 29 in Virginia has 11 bypasses around various cities and towns. These bypasses are around Danville, Chatham, Gretna, Hurt–Altavista, Lynchburg–Madison...
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    Hilda Mason (category People from Campbell County, Virginia)
    rural Campbell County, Virginia. Mason first worked as a teacher of "colored" students in racially segregated Altavista, Virginia. After moving to Washington...
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    closest airports with commercial service. Virginia Route 122 (Moneta Road) The Norfolk Southern operated Altavista District runs through the CDP. The closest...
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    of Moneta, where the highway crosses over Norfolk Southern Railway's Altavista District. SR 122 crosses Goose Creek and intersects SR 24 west of Body...
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  • Dogwood District (category Virginia High School League)
    playoffs. Altavista High School of Altavista, Virginia Appomattox High School of Appomattox, Virginia Chatham High School of Chatham, Virginia Dan River...
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