Wet Basements in Blacksburg, VA
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Facts about Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University).
Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and the city of Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses those jurisdictions and all of Montgomery, Pulaski, and Giles counties for statistical purposes.
Blacksburg High School, which 2013 opened a new building, is often ranked among the top schools in the nation for its academics. Its soccer, track, and cross-country teams are also among the top in the state.
Blacksburg was the scene of the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007, when 32 people were killed and 17 wounded by a lone gunman. At the time, it was the deadliest shooting carried out by a single gunman in U.S. history and generated considerable media coverage and discussion.
After Black petitioned the state legislature to establish a town at the site, the official establishment and founding of Blacksburg were on January 13, 1798, on the 38.75-acre (15.68 ha) tract that he laid out. The following August 4, he signed over the deed to the town trustees. The town was named after him in his honor.
According to records of the Post Office Department of the National Archives and Records Administration, the post office was established as “BLACKSBURG” on April 8, 1827. The name was changed to the current spelling (without the “h”) in 1893.
One of the first educational establishments started here was the Blacksburg Female Academy in 1840. The Olin and Preston Institute (re-charted as Preston and Olin Institute in 1869) was a Methodist-sponsored academy established in 1851.
The first bank in Montgomery County, Blacksburg Savings Institution, was established in 1849. The first newspaper published in Blacksburg was the Montgomery Messenger. Its first issue was printed in 1869.
A fire-fighting unit was organized within the university in 1899. The town bought its first fire truck 43 years later. The Blacksburg First Aid and Life Saving Crew were founded in 1951 and renamed Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad in another addition to the growing amount of emergency services.
The first automobile came through the town in 1901. Three years later the train entered Blacksburg from Christiansburg using the Virginia Anthracite & Coal Railroad, which later became known as the “Huckleberry.
WHERE TO FIND US:
355 Olde Route 604
Danville, Virginia 24175
540-992-1144
