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Lynchburg, Virginia. / 37.40361°N 79.17000°W / 37.40361; -79.17000. Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. [3]
The University of Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, about 180 miles southwest of Washington D.C., in the Central Virginia foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It occupies 250 acres (1.0 km 2 ) in Lynchburg and has a separate environmental research center on 470 acres (1.9 km 2 ), the Claytor Nature Study Center, located about 40 ...
Anne Spencer House. / 37.40361°N 79.15222°W / 37.40361; -79.15222. The Anne Spencer House, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States was, from 1903 to 1975, the home of Anne Spencer, a poet of the Harlem Renaissance. The house opened as a museum in 1977.
Virginia University of Lynchburg is the oldest school of higher learning in Lynchburg. The school was founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1888 by the Virginia Baptist State Convention as the coeducational " Lynchburg Baptist Seminary ". Classes were first held in 1890 under the name Virginia Seminary. [4]
GNIS feature ID. 2629017. Big Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 United States census was 300. The CDP is located along the James River and U.S. Route 501, between Glasgow and Coleman Falls. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Kemper Street station. / 37.4064; -79.1571. Kemper Street station, also known as Lynchburg station, is an intermodal transit station in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It serves Amtrak while an adjacent bus transfer center serves Greater Lynchburg Transit Company and Greyhound buses. Kemper Street Station is located at 825 Kemper Street.
Added to NRHP. May 6, 1976. Designated VLR. October 21, 1975 [2] Miller–Claytor House is a historic home located at Riverside Park in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is a two-story, white framed structure, sheathed with beaded weatherboards. It is believed to be the fourth house erected in the new town in 1791, and is probably the oldest extant ...
Thomas Road Baptist Church ( TRBC) is a Baptist megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia, located on the campus of Liberty University, which it founded and is closely affiliated with. In 2016, a church spokesperson stated they had an average weekly attendance of 9,000. [1] The pastor is Jonathan Falwell, the son of previous Senior Pastor Jerry Falwell ...