South Hill

South Hill (HMKNA)

Location: South Hill, VA 23970 Mecklenburg County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 43.522', W 78° 7.773'

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In 1889 South Hill's founding fathers laid out the town's boundary in a circle radiating 5/8s of a mile from a point within the intersection of the Atlantic and Danville Railway tracks and the Boydton Plank Road (now U.S. Rt. 1). South Hill was incorporated as a town on 16 Feb. 1901 and remained one of the only three circular municipalities in the United States until an annexation in 1967. Tobacco, brought to market at the town's many warehouses, greatly influenced South Hill's growth and economy. By 1907, it was the third-largest flue-cured tobacco market in the state.
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Marker NumberS 70-a
Year Placed2009
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 1:51pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 756347 N 4068248
Decimal Degrees36.72536667, -78.12955000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 43.522', W 78° 7.773'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 43' 31.32" N, 78° 7' 46.38" W
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Area Code(s)434
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200 S Mecklenburg Ave, South Hill VA 23970, US
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