Lynchburg, VA
Lynchburg: Lynchburg) is an independent city in Virginia, the United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was 75,568. Located along the bank of the James River at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is called 'a city of seven hills' or 'a city of hills' and sometimes called 'a city of its own,' which is related to the historical avoidance of tangles with the state and the federal government.
Lynchburg | |
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![]() Allied Arts Building in the City Center of Lynchburg completed in 1931 | |
Slogan: "City of Hills, City of Seven Hills" | |
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Lynchburg location in Virginia | |
Coordinates: 37 degrees 24 minutes 13 seconds north latitude 79 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds west longitude / 37.40361 degrees north latitude 79.17000 degrees west longitude / 37.40361; -79.17000 | |
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Lynchburg | |
mayor | Joan Foster |
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area | |
region | 128.9 km2 (49.8 mi2) |
land | 127.9 km2 (49.4 mi2) |
water surface | 0.9 km2 (0.4 mi2) |
water area ratio | 0.74% |
Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
population | |
population | (as of 2010) |
region | 75,568 |
population density | 510.2 people/km2 (1321.5 people/mi2) |
urban area | 246,036 |
Other | |
equal time | Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) |
daylight saving time | Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) |
Official website: [6] |
The statistical Lynchburg Metropolitan Area is 2,122 square miles (5,496 km2) wide, and is located near the geographical center of Virginia, extending from Amherst County, Appomatox County, Bedford County, Campbell County, Bedford City, and Lynchburg City. The population of this urban area is 245,809, the fifth largest city in Virginia. Other nearby cities include Roanoke, Charlottesville and Danville. The sister cities of Lynchburg include Ljueyu Marmaison in France and Grauhau in Germany.
The City of Lynchburg includes Central Virginia Community College, University of Liberty, Lynchburg College, Randolph College and University of Virginia of Lynchburg. In the Lynchburg metropolitan area, there is Sweet Bria College.
Lynchburg is a regional center of commerce and retail. The Lynchburg metropolitan area is home to nuclear technology, chemical and material handling technology. Various small and medium-sized enterprises in the region have maintained a stable economy, minimizing the impact of the deterioration of the national economy. The Digital City 10-Strong Survey of Residents has ranked the first since the survey began in 2004 and became the top Thai city in 2007.
History
The first Lynchburg settlement in 1757 was named after its founder John Lynch. At the age of 17, Lynch started sailing ships at the James River's shallows to secure access to New London. In addition, Lynchburg, which was built on a river, contributed to the first bridge construction, and in 1812, this was replaced by a ferry. Lynch and his mother were buried in the cemetery at the South River Friends Meeting. The "Seven Hills City" developed rapidly along the hill surrounding the cross of the lynchings. Thomas Jefferson had a house near Lynchburg called Poplar Forest. Jefferson visits Lynchburg many times, and says, "There is nothing that gives us more pleasure than to the benefit of Lynchburg. "We think it's the most interesting place in the state."
The town of Lynchburg was established on the James River's Lynch crossing site with 1786 approval. These new and convenient means of transportation led local traffic to go through Lynchburg and became the new commercial center of tobacco trade. In 1810, Jefferson said, "Lynchburg is probably the most evolving place in the United States. ... In importance comes next to Richmond. ... He wrote: In the 19th century, it became the center of commerce and manufacturing, and by the 1850s it was one of the richest towns in the United States (along with Newbedford, Massachusetts) with figures per person. The major industries were tobacco, iron and steel. Four railway lines were added to the transportation means: the James River flat-bottomed ship of the James River, the canals of the James River and the Canois, and later the Virginia and Tennessee Railway and the Norfolk and Petersburg Railway.
In the early days Lynchburg was not well known for its piety; In 1804, evangelist Lorenzo Doe told Lynchburg: It's a place where I speak openly about what I think there is a Kingdom of the Devil. Lynchburg is a terrible place to worship God." This indicated that Lynchburg had no church. As Lynchburg's wealth increased, 'vulgar' behavior such as prostitution became quite common and, in many cases, it was ignored unless it was approved by the 'upper class' at that time. Most of these actions took place in the central city of a town called "Vultures' Nest."
During the Civil War, Lynchburg became a supply base for the Southern Army, and General David Hunter, the Northern Army, came south from the Shenandoh Valley and approached Linchburg within a mile (1.6 km). Hunter, misled by the misguided impression that the Southern Army was stationed in Lynchburg, which was much bigger than expected, was repelled by the troops of General Jubar Arley of the Southern Army in the Battle of Linchburg on June 18, 1864. In order to make this erroneous impression, a train of one train was always coming and going, and the residents cheered as if reinforcements had come down. The town brothels also joined the deception, and told the Northern Army's "Guest-san" that there were many reinforcements from the Southern Army.
From April 6 to 10, 1865, Lynchburg became the capital of Virginia. Under Governor William Smith, the state's executive and legislative branch moved to Lynchburg in a few days from the fall of Richmond to the surrender of the Southern Army.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the economy of Lynchburg was transformed into a manufacturing industry (sometimes called 'Pittsburgh in the South') and became one of the busiest towns in the United States with figures per person. In 1880, James Albert Bonsac, a resident of Lynchburg, invented the first cigarette maker, and soon after that, Dr. Charles Brown Fleet, a doctor and a pharmacologist, made the first mass production and introduced an enema agent that could be sold over the counter. The company established by Fleet is still in production (as described on its website [7], it deals with other cathartic and intestinal cleaning products). In the early 1880s, Dr. Fleet also invented "Chapstick" as a lip cream in Lynchburg. Around this time, it was selected as a connection point between the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Shenandoh Valley Railway. But Lynchburg citizens did not want to be connected because of the noise and pollution it created. Therefore, the connection point was placed in the place where Roanoke City would be.
In the winter of 1951, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. selected Randolph Macon Women's University in Lynchburg City as a storage site for emergencies. In return for participating in the "Project Y", the university was allowed to use the front room of the facility as an exhibition space and started it in the 1970s. From the 1950s to 1970s, the tension between the Cold War and the 1970s increased, but the situation did not allow National Gallery to move the national treasures to match the project Y.
in the late 1950s Many concerned citizens have asked the federal government to change the long-planned interstate highway route between Clinton Forge and Richmond. Since the 1940s, the federal government's plan to map the interstate highway did not have a high-standard highway through the northern route and Lynchburg. The state's Highway Committee's minutes approved the north route. The advocates of the southern route succeeded in persuading the Virginia High Standards Road Committee to order changes after much of its review, but in July 1961, Governor Lindsey Almond and U.S. Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges declared that the route would not change. For this reason, Lynchburg became the only city with a population of more than 50,000 people without interstate highways.
The city of Lynchburg is sometimes called "its own city." This may be isolated geographically and culturally, but it is largely related to the historical avoidance of tangles with the state and the federal government. This was the title of a history book written by columnist Darrell Laurent. In connection with this, you can find the sentence "That's late for the governor" written in a public toilet. Lynchburg is upstream of Richmond on the James River.
For decades in the mid-20th century, Virginia has approved for eugenic purposes to forcibly sterility of people who are late in intellectual development. The operation was carried out at the Central Virginia School of Training, a colony of Virginia epileptic patients and intellectuals just outside Lynchburg City. An estimated 8,300 Virginians were taken in contraception to Lynchburg City, which is called the "waste disposal site" for people who are genetically inadaptive, such as the mentally disabled, the poor, the blind, and the epileptic patients.
The contraceptive operation was performed for 35 years until 1972, and the operation was stopped later. In the late 1970s, the American Association of Human Rights (ASEM) filed a collective action against Virginia for victims who had received contraception. As a result of the trial, the victims received an official apology and had counseling if they chose. The request for surgery to restore infertility of victims was denied.
Carrie Buck, the plaintiff of the "Back v. Bell Case," disputed in the Supreme Court of the United States of America, was sterilized when he was a patient with Virginia epilepsy in Lynchburg and a colony of intellectuals as part of the state's eulogy plan after he was identified as "mentally challenged."
More than 40 places in Lynchburg are listed as national historic sites.
city government
Lynchburg is run by a seven-member city committee. The Lynchburg City Council consists of seven members:
- Joan F. Foster - Mayor, Elected Major District
- Bad Dodson Junior Vice Mayor, Elected Major District
- T. Scott Garret - Doctor of Medicine
- Michael A. Gillett, Doctor of Philosophy
- Caesar T. Johnson - Second ward elected, Doctor of Theology, M.RE.
- Jeff S. Helgson, District 3, MSFS
- Turner Perlow Jr. Fourth District Elected
The Deputy Governor of the City Government, the City Prosecutor and the City Secretary are appointed by the Commission. Other duties and responsibilities of the Municipal Commission include:
- all additions and modifications to the Lynchburg City Code
- Establishment of councils and agency services designated by the Commission
demographic dynamics
The following is demographic data from the 2000 census. fundamental data
- Population: 65,269
- Number of households: 25,477 households
- Number of Families: 15,591 families
- Population density: 510.2 people/km2 (1,321.5 people/mi2)
- Number of Homes: 27,640 houses
- Residential density: 216.1 doors/km2 (559.6/mi2)
population structure
- White: 66.63%
- African American: 29.70%
- Native American: 0.26%
- Asian: 1.28%
- Pacific Islands: 0.04%
- Other races: 0.63%
- Mixed: 1.46%
- Hispanic Latino: 1.35%
demographic structure
- Under 18: 22.1%
- 18-24 years old: 35.5%
- 25-44 years old: 25.3%
- 45-64 years old: 20.8%
- Over 65 years of age: 16.3%
- Median Age: 35 years old
- Sex ratio (male population per 100 women)
- Total population: 84.2
- Over 18 years of age: 79.1
Households and family (number of households)
- We have children under 18: 27.8%
- Married and living together: 41.6%
- Single, divorced, and deceased women are householders: 12.9%
- Non-family: 38.8%
- Single Family: 32.7%
- Elderly people aged 65 and older live alone: 13.6%
- average number of constituent members
- Households: 2.30
- Family: 2.92 people
income
income and family
- median income
- Households: 32,234 US dollars
- Family: 40,844 US dollars
- gender
- Male: 31,390 US dollars
- Female: 22,431 US dollars
- Income per population: 18,263 US dollars
- below poverty line
- Population: 15.9%
- Number of Relatives: 12.3%
- Under 18: 22.4%
- Over 65 years of age: 10.7%
According to the National Census Bureau, the average annual income per household in the United States in 2006 was $48,200, while Lynchburg was below that.
The population of the city has been stable for more than 25 years, with 67,720 in 2006, 65,269 in 2000, 66,409 in 1990 and 66,743 in 1980.
geography and climate
In Lynchburg, North latitude 37 degrees 24 minutes 13 seconds, West longitude 79 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds, North latitude 37.40361 degrees North longitude 79.17000 degrees West / 37.40361; -79.17000.
According to the National Census Bureau, the total area of the city is 49.8 square miles (128.9 km2), of which land is 49.4 square miles (127.9 km2), water surface is 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), and water area is 0.74%.
monthly average of temperature | ||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | Oct | November | Dec |
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Highest C | 26.7 | 26.1 | 30.6 | 34.4 | 33.9 | 37.8 | 39.4 | 38.9 | 38.3 | 33.9 | 28.3 | 26.1 |
Average Max°C | 3.1 | 4.8 | 12.6 | 20.0 | 24.2 | 28.1 | 30.2 | 29.5 | 25.7 | 20.2 | 14.4 | 9.1 |
Mean Min°C | -4.2 | -2.8 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 6.5 | 1.8 | -2.3 |
Last Min°C | -23.3 | -23.3 | -13.9 | -6.7 | -0.6 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 1.7 | -6.1 | -13.3 | -20.0 |
Precipitation (mm) | 90 | 79 | 97 | 88 | 104 | 96 | 112 | 87 | 99 | 86 | 61 | 82 |
Source: USTravelWeather.com [8] |
neighboring county
- Amherst County - Northeast
- Bedford County - West, Northwest
- Campbell County - South, Southeast
business and industry
Lynchburg is based on commerce and industry. Skilled workers are characterized by an unemployment rate that is less than the average and often minus, and a living cost that is less than the average. Among the largest metropolitan areas of Virginia, Forbes Magazine in 2006 is the fifth best business-oriented state in the country, and Virginia is the best state in the country. It should be noted that Forbes has been investigating only six locations in Virginia, and most of the state's cities are grouped together as Northern Virginia. Lynchburg was ranked 109th across the country in the same survey.
Lynchburg News and Advance reports that wages have not increased since 1990, despite the increase in the number of people working in the Lynchburg metropolitan area. Walter Four, the head of the Central Virginia Labor Relations Commission, believes this is because white collar jobs are scarce. According to the Census Bureau, the median annual income per household in 1990 was about $39,000 after the inflation adjustment, and that was $42,740 in 2009. In Forbes, the Lynchburg Metropolitan Area is the 70th in the U.S. for business, and is ranked higher than Chicago and lower than Baton Rouge.
Virginia Business Magazine reports that Young Professionals of Lynchburg City have recently conducted a study to show how young workers are gone. According to Lee Cobb, executive officer of the Regional 2000 Economic Development Commission, Lynchburg has a reputation for low priority as a place where young people start to work. This is demonstrated by the fact that the number of educated people in high schools and colleges is below the state average, and that the growth rate for the past 30 years is close to zero. Both the local 2000 Economic Development Commission and Young Professionals of Central Virginia are trying to improve the reputation and increase opportunities of young professionals.
Statistics from the Lynchburg Regional Meetings and the Bureau of Tourism show that the growth of the tourist industry as the 2,000 region of Linchburg has increased its awareness as a destination for leisure and group travel. The travel and tourism industry provides about 1,500 jobs in Lynchburg.
education
In Lynchburg City, education is in charge of public education. The board of education is appointed by the Lynchburg Municipal Government Committee.
- E.C. Glass High School - 2111 Memorial Ave
- Heritage High School - 3020 Wards Ferry Rd
- Linkhorn Secondary School - 2525 Linkhorne Dr
- Paul Lawrence Dumber Junior High School - 1208 Polk St
- Sandusky Secondary School - 805 Chinook Place
- William Marvin Bus Elementary School
- Bedford Hills Elementary School
- Darlington New Axle Elementary School
- Heritage Elementary School
- Linkhorn Elementary School
- Paul M. Munro Elementary School
- Perimon Elementary School
- Robert S. Payne Elementary School
- Sandsky Elementary School
- Sheffield Elementary School
- Thomas C. Miller Elementary School
There are many private religious schools in the city. For example, the Hollycross Regional Catholic School, the James River Day School, the Liberty Christian Academy, the new Contractual Christian School and the Virginia Episcopal School.
In addition, many public education systems in surrounding counties can be selected.
The universities in Lynchburg City include Lynchburg College, Randolph College, University of Virginia, and University of Liberty.
health care
manages four hospitals in the Lynchburg Area, managing three hospitals in the Central Health Lynchburg region:
- Lynchburg General Hospital - Lynchburg
- Virginia Baptist Hospital - Lynchburg
- Bedford Memorial Hospital - Bedford City (a joint project with the Carlion Health System in Roanoke)
- Southside Community Hospital - Farmville
Together with these four hospitals, Centra Health manages many treatments, rehabilitation, mammograms and medical facilities across Central Virginia.
art and culture
- Art Academy: He was involved in the promotion of non-profit organizations, visual arts and entertainment, created opportunities for art education, and was positioned at the old Academy Theater (around 1905)
- The Battle: We celebrate the time when Lynchburg was the center of the East-West trade route. A flat-bottomed boat called a baton was filled with tobacco and other products carried along the James River and carried to Richmond, which brought prosperity to the region.
- Lynchburg Dance Theater: It provides fully-planned classrooms, performance seasons and special events throughout the year.
- E.C. Glass High School Theater: performed from September to May every year
- Ellington Fellowship Playhouse: regularly invite local, local and national music activities
- Jefferson Choir Association: consists of over 100 people from 15 different communities around Central Virginia
- Kaleidoscope: an annual festival that provides opportunities for exceptional recreation, culture, education, and entertainment that appeal to a wide range of societies
- Liberty University Theater: performed from October to May every year
- Little Town Players: It is performed all year round. The theater is located on the Elks National Home in Bedford City
- Lynchburg College Theater: performed from October to April every year
- Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
- Lynchburg Youth Orchestra: an ancient orchestra composed of high school students and talented junior high school students
- Mayer Museum: a national museum of art at Randolph College that exhibits distinguished American art works from the 19th and 20th centuries
- Randolph College Theater
- Renaissance Theater: an O that provides a wide space, excellent sound and attractive atmosphere for the best local theater
- Riverview Art Space: Includes private, non-profit organizations, galleries, public programs, public art studies, classrooms, and public entertainment studies
- Cédalia Center Chile Kickoff: 40-50 Chilean teams compete for best Chilean food (first, second and third). Best presentation, popular choice. Taste everything and vote! Music: Live music, beer and other drinks are available
- Virginia Christmas Spector
- Virginia School of Art: Established in 1985, it has gained an international reputation for excellence by offering training programs for the Professional Reserve Army of Artists to students of high school age
- Virginia Wine and Garlic Festivals: an annual autumn festival that exhibits from over 20 restaurants to wine and food in the state and artifacts from local engineers
Architecture
Lynchburg has a lot of noteworthy buildings and is very diverse. From the 1800s to the 1920s, the city benefited from the rich tobacco industry, and the wealthy citizens ordered high-class houses, public buildings and churches for themselves during this period.
Lynchburg has a wonderful example of the Italian-Renaissance style, the federal style, the Georgian style, the new classic style, the new Gothic style, the Romanesque style, the Jefferson style, the Queen-Anne style, the second imperial style, the colonial style, and even the Earl Deco style. Many of the old buildings in Chikugo had been devastated since the Great Depression, and many beautiful houses and buildings had not lived there for a long time. Many of the big houses in the neighborhood, such as Diamond Hill and Livermont, were converted into two-family homes. However, the renovation work is being carried out at an explosive rate. Many great old buildings are accepting the investment they needed. Many places and neighboring villages are registered as national historic sites.
Beauty and entertainment
The following highlights are in the Lynchburg Metropolitan Area:
- Poplar Forest: the retirement house of Thomas Jefferson Jefferson designed an octagonal building during his second term and, after his retirement, found rest and leisure there, and stayed there to escape from public life. The work is being renovated and excavated.
- Cattle Annie restaurants and entertainment: It offers various kinds of entertainment and events at multi-function halls that can accommodate more than 1,000 people. It was established in 1993. It is known for receiving artists who are known nationwide on a regular basis. Rock, pop, and country musicians who travel around the country, the region, and the country also perform regularly. Many local communities and private events are held, and restaurants and banquette services are also provided.
- Amusement Square: a children's museum that is the first to have a hands-on experience in many fields in Central Virginia
- Fort Arley: It was named after the Southern Army Shogun Juval ARLEY. Early defended Lynchburg against the invasion of the Northern Army, David Hunter.
- Lynchburg Museum: Through the door of the Lynchburg Museum, you can look back on the past of the city. There are many stories about the Monakan, the early Quakers, the age of the King of Tobacco, the bloody struggle of the Civil War, the new South, and the changes of the 20th century.
- Old city hall: It is the most famous historic site of a hill city built in 1855. It is a Greek temple style that rises high above the James River and has the best collection in Central Virginia, such as monuments, furnishings, clothes, and industrial history.
- Point of Honor: a federal residence of Dr. George Cabel Sr., who was a friend and doctor for Patrick Henry of Patriot
- Mirror Crater House: A townhouse before the 19th century, which is said to be the owner of a home garden where Thomas Jefferson proved that eating tomatoes as fruits would not be harmful. The house was dismantled in 1936 and rebuilt at the site of Riverside Park, and the garden was moved to the other place.
- Otter Range: the three peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, overlooking Bedford City, and providing a full view of Lynchburg
- Club Tree Falls: The road leading to the waterfall is a winding road that is five miles (8 km) away from the hikers and offers a wonderful view of the five waterfalls of the Club Tree Falls. The overall difference is 1,500 feet (450 meters).
- Apomattox Court House: The Battle of Apomatox Court House: The Old Battlefield On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee of the Southern Army surrendered to Ulysses Grant, the commander of the Northern Army, and practically ended the Civil War.
- National Day Monument: It is located in Bedford City, and commemorates all the people who took part in D-Day, which landed in Normandy, on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
- James River Heritage Road: It consists of two small roads, Blackwater Creek Cycling Road and Riverwalk
- For information on Lynchburg's attractions and sightseeing, please refer to the Chamber website.
Sports and Recreation
The city of Lynchburg calls itself the "sports capital of Virginia" and has sports events and organizations such as:
- Liberty University Athletics
- Lynchburg College Athletics
- Lynchburg Hillcats: A-class baseball team in the Carolina League. Pittsburgh Pirates affiliates
- Jammerson YMCA - 801 Wyndhurst Drive
- Downtown YMCA - 1315 Church Street
- Lynchburg Road Runners Club
- Seven Hills Hashed House Harrier: The purpose of "hashing" is to promote physical health among members. He removes hangover, tells old members that they are not as old as they feel, and makes them feel good thirst and enjoy beer. The "Seven Hills" is one of the thousands of branches of Hashed House Harriers around the world.
- Virginia Tenmailer: the most challenging road race in the country
- The hiking includes Club Tree Falls, Sharp Top, Mt. Candlers to Camp Hideaway, Flat Top, Appalachian Road, Blackwater Creek Natural Area, Mount Pleasant National Landscape Area, Lake Holiday, Apple Orchard Road and Otter Creek Road.
- Outdoor and Social Club in Southwest Virginia
Lynchburg YMCA Swimming - A local swimming club registered with YMCA Swimming and Virginia Swimming. He won the bronze prize of the United States Swimming Club in 2008. According to USA Swimming, it is a club with 200 members in Japan.
neighborhood district
Lynchburg's neighborhood developed into seven hills adjacent to the first ferry landing point. It is as follows.
- College Hill
- Daniels Hill
- Diamond Hill
- Federal Hill
- Franklin Hill
- Garland Hill
- White Rock Hill
Other major neighborhoods include Bunnsburgh, Livermont, Fairview Heights, Fort Hill, Forest Hill (formerly the Forest Road Area), Timberlake, Windsor Hills, Sandusky, Linkhorn, and Windhurst.
well known resident
Lynchburg is the fabric of carter glass. Glass, who served as a Democrat for many years as a Democrat in the early 20th century, the House of Representatives and Senators of the United States, became Secretary of Finance in the Woodrow Wilson administration and co-sponsor a bill (the Glass Stigar Law) that founded the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The law banned commercial banks in the United States from affiliated investment banks (securities companies) until 1999, when it was abolished in 1932.
Jerry Farel, the head priest of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, the founder of the Moral Majority, and a TV evangelist, was also from Lynchburg.
American rhythm and blues singer, best known for his work with the Drifters, and Charlie Thomas, who entered the hall of fame in Rock and Roll, is from here. The game also includes the major title of Nabisco Dynshore in 1994 between 1993 and 1998, and the golfer Donna Andrews, who won the sixth LPGA tour, is also included. Other famous people were as follows.
- Daniel Weisger Adams (1820-1872) a prominent lawyer and officer of the United States Army of the Southern Army
- Carl Anderson (1945-2004), a famous singer and actor who played the role of Isucariote in Broadway and its film "Jesus Christ Superstar."
- Kevin Foster (1977-), Senior Accountant, former Sprint Nextel Regional Accounting Representative
- Dylan Baker, Actor (en:The Murder of Mary Phagan, Spider-Man 2)
- Dick Bartley, Disk Jockey, Biweekly National Broadcaster, Rock and Roll Roll Hall of Fame
- Greg Best, Seoul Olympic Silver Medalist
- Ota Benga (circa 1884-1916), a Pygmy tribe in Congo and the Bronx Zoo in Congo were displayed together with orangutan.
- Leslie Vive, Actress (en:Crossing Jordan, en: Taladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) Original Fashion Model
- Coney Britton, Actress (Friday Night Lights, Spin City, 24 -TWENTY FOUR-)
- Cornell Brown, American football player, 35th Super Bowl champion.
- Ruben Brown, American football players
- Bill Chambers, NCAA Basketball record holder, William & Mary University
- Anthony Clark, Actor and Comedian (en:Yes, Dear)
- Romeo Krenel (1947-), American football player, Cleveland Brown's, Kansas City Chief Head Coach
- Desmond T. Doss, the first conscientious objector, the recipient of the Medal of Honor
- D.C. Talk, Christian Rock Band with Grammy Award, Toby McKehan, Kevin Max and Michael Tate formed in the late 1980s
- Juval Arley (1816-1894), who died in Lynchburg, a lawyer and lieutenant general of the Southern Army
- Charles Brown Fleet (1843-1916), inventor of pharmacists, catharics, catharics, and chapstick
- Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953) journalist and historian of the Civil War
- Charles Haley (1964-) NFL American Football Player Wins Super Bowl 5-degree
- Keith Hamilton, Professional Baseball, New York Giants
- known for Art Hamner (1923-), TV writer and producer, en:The Waltons and en:Falcon Crest
- Brandon Inge, Professional Baseball Player, Detroit Tigers
- William A. Johnson Jr., former mayor of Rochester, New York
- Luke Jordan (1892-1952) singer and guitarist and blues pioneer
- Paris Leon (1977-), American football player, Detroit Lions linebacker
- Charles Lynch (1736-1796), brother of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg City, the origin of the word 'Lynch', a patriot of the American Revolution
- Laurie Bartram Macauley (1964-2007), actress (Friday, 13th (movie))
- NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin
- Face Prince, Broadway actresses
- Rudy Lacker, Computer Scientist, Science Fiction Writer
- Steve Schwell, the Newspaper Maker, the founder of the Independent, based in Durham, North Carolina
- Lucius Shepherd, SF and fantasy writers
- Sam Sloane, writer, chess player, marketer
- poet of the Harlem Renaissance
- Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio-elected United States senators, 1888, Vice President of the Democratic Party
- Skit Woolrich (1970-), actor (Jericho closed town, Cream)
- Samuel Untermaier (1858-1940), a lawyer, a civic activist, and a millionaire
- friend of C. S. Lewis, author of en:A Severe Mercy, Sheldon Banauken
- Phil Basser, Country Music singer-songwriter and pianist
- Charles Beth, a fantasy artist, a comic book illustrator
- George H. Walker (1811-1866), mayor and co-founder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- a writer of Randall Wallace, Braverhart, a masked man and Pearl Harbor (a movie)
- Robert E. Wizards, Virginia Senator, Hong Kong Consul General
- Meriwether Lewis Walker, a chief engineer of the Pancho Villa expedition party from 1916 to 1917, was appointed as a director of the Automobile Transportation Command Department during World War I. Later he became the governor-general of the Panama Canal Zone.
Media
paper medium
- "The News & Advance" is a Lynchburg daily paper distributed in Central Virginia and owned by the Media General
- The Shepherd's Guide
- Lynchburg Ledger
- Lynchburg Living, Bi-monthly
- The Lynchburg Guide, Quarterly, Resource Directory
- The Berg, Weekly Entertainment Newspaper, The News & Advance
- Lynchings Ferry, a biannual magazine about local history
TV
- WSET-TV, ABC series, and Lynchburg
- WSLS, NBC-affiliated, and Lower Norks have stations
- WDBJ, CBS, and Lower Norks
- WBRA, PBS, and Lower Norks
- WFXR, FOX series, and Lower Norks
- Previous WJPR with stations in WWCW, FOX series, and Lynchburg
- WPXR, ION Television, and Lower Norks
- WDRL, Independent Broadcaster (former UPN series), Lower Nork stations in Danville, licensed
- W40BM, Trinity Broadcasting Network, and Lynchburg
- TLU-CA, Liberty University channel, Lynchburg
Radio
- WJJX 102.7, City Affairs, Lynchburg Station
- WLNI (WLNI) 105.9, Talk, Lynchburg Station
- WLEQ 106.9, BOB-FM, The Good Times, The Great Odies, Rock 'n' Roll Hit Base in Lynchburg
- WNRN (WNRS 89.9), Modern Rock, Charlottesville
- WROV 96.3, Rock, Lower Nork
- WRMV 94.5, Southern Gospel, Madison Heights
- WRVL 88.3, Christian, Lynchburg
- WRXT 90.3, Current Affairs, Christianity, and Roanoke stations
- W227BG 93.3 ESPN Sports Description, 106.3 Gretna-Translator at Timberlake-Low power
- WSLC 94.9, Country, Lower Anoke Station
- WSLQ 99.1, Adult, Current Affairs, Lower Anoke Station
- WSNZ 102.7, Adult, Current Affairs, Lower Anoke Station
- WVBE 100.1, City Affairs, Lynchburg Station
- WVTF 89.1, public broadcaster, Blacksburg station
- WWMC 90.9, Christian, CHR/Rock, Liberty University
- WWZW 96.7, Hot AC, Buena Vista has stations
- WXLK 92.3, Top 40, Lower Nork Station
- WYYD 107.9, country, Lynchburg Station
- WZZI/WZZU 101.5, Roanoke, 97.9, Lynchburg, Classic and Contemporary Rock, Linchburg
- WAMV 1420, Southern Gospel, Madison Heights
- WBRG 1050, Talk & Sports, Lynchburg, 104.5 Co-delivered
- WKPA 1390, Religion, Lynchburg
- WLLL 930, Gospel music, Lynchburg
- WLVA 590, Religion, Lynchburg
- WVGM 1320, ESPN Sports, Lynchburg
- WKDE 105.5, Country, Alta Vista Station
- WKDE 1000 AM, CNN Headline News, Alta Vista Station
Internet site
- The most comprehensive business directories and guides in the Browsable Lynchburg region
transportation
Bus
A major Lynchburg Transit company operates buses in the city. Shuttle buses to the Liberty University Campus are also available.
railroad
The Crescent of Amtrak connects Lynchburg with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama and New Orleans. The Amtrak Lynchburg station is on Kemper Street 825. Lynchburg is the main relay point for the Trans Dominican Express. The first step in establishing the TransDominican Express has already been started by constructing new passenger lines in Lynchburg and is scheduled to extend into Washington D.C. in the fall. It should also be noted that two railway lines have come to Lynchburg. The CSX Transport also has a track, and there is a small yard in the city. Two lines of the Norfolk Southern Railway intersect. One is the former Southern Railway Trunk Line from Washington, D.C. to Atlanta. The Norfolk Southern Railway has a yard on the shopping mall side. You can see the various maneuvers.
air route
From Lynchburg Airport, US Airways Express connects Charlotte and Delta Connection connects Atlanta. In April 2009, the number of airport passengers increased to 7,400. It is a 97% growth rate. As the number of passengers increased, the number of flights increased and other airlines and destinations could be added.
high-standard road
As major roads, National Route 29, Route 501 and Route 221 run north-south and National Route 460 run east-west. Although Lynchburg City is one of the largest cities in the United States because of the lack of interstate expressways, most of National Route 29 has been upgraded to the level of the interstate expressway and significant improvements have been made to National Highway 460.
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in popular culture
- In the movie "Escape from L.A.," the capital of the United States of America, which has become a more 'theocracy', was moved to Lynchburg City, and the President is from Linchburg City
- In the 2007 movie "The Shooter/Maximum Range," Lynchburg can be identified as the site of a destructive shootout. The leading actor was Mark Wallberg.
Footnotes
- ^ [1]. Weldon Cooper Official Population Estimates Retrieved January 28, 2011
- ^ City Quietly Growing "Archived Copies". Archived from original as of November 21, 2007. Read on September 29, 2007.
- ^ Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/regional/gdpmetro/
- ^ Clifton Potter and Dorothy Potter, Lynchburg: A City Set on Seven Hills (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 39
- ^ "Additional Interstate Road Systems Approved," Petersburg-Colonial Heights Progress-Index, 1958-04-27 at 20.
- ^ Routes of the Recommended Interregional Highway System, ca. 1943.
- ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond September 11, 1945, page 12.
- ^ "Opposition to Northern Route Dropped," Danville Bee, 1961-07-06 at 3
- ^ Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 13, 1999 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/timesdispatch/access/42384609.html?dids=42384609:42384609&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+13%2C+1999&author=Carlos+Santos&pub=Richmond+Times+-+Dispatch&edition=&startpage=C.6&desc=CHARLOTTESVILLE+WON%2C+AND+LYNCHBURG+LOST+ROUTING+OF+I-64+WAS+MAJOR+TUSSLE
- ^ [ "A Simple Act of Mothering", Poor Magazine On line, "Archived Copies". Archived from original as of August 22, 2009. Read on September 18, 2013. ]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (April 15, 2008). Archived from original as of June 1, 2007. Read on May 28, 2009.
- ^ Monakan Indians still live within the Lynchburg region [2]
- ^ [3][4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ Map
- ^ U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics(http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?la+51)
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/1/VA_Rank_1.html Forbes Magazine, Best Paces for Business
- ^ Virginia Business Magazine Archived September 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ http://richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/region_focus/summer_2005/feature4.cfm Youth Movement, Richmond Federal Reserve
- ^ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/5147672.html US Census Bureau
- ^ the Christian Friendship Society, or the Quakers, was the first religious group among the Lynchburg settlers
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. (1963)
- ^ The word "Lynch's Law" has been thought to come from Charles Lynch, a relative of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg. Charles Lynch brought up and managed a royalist trial during the Revolution. There is no other factor that connects the "Lynch's Law" with Lynchburg City.
external link
- City of Lynchburg
- The Survival of Professional Baseball in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1950s-1990s
- The News & Advance is Lynchburg's daily newspaper serving Central Virginia.
- Lynchburg Online
- The Lynchburg Guide
- BurgBuzz Lynchburg and Central Virginia's source for information on the arts, entertainment, restaurants and more. Features a comprehensive events calendar and a discussion forum.
- Historic Lynchburg Photographs Series vintage post cards, railroad images & more
- "Little-Known" Attractions of Lynchburg and Central Virginia Lynchburg's Infamous "Alternate Reality" Web Site
- Lynchburg History Old photos of Lynchburg
- Location coordinates of Lynchburg: 37 degrees 24 minutes 13 seconds north latitude, 79 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds west longitude, 37.40361 degrees north latitude, 79.17000 degrees west longitude, 37.40361 degrees; -79.17000
- Historical Facts about Lynchburg, circa 1938
- Lynchburg Virginia is Lynchburg's site for interactive local news and useful links for the residents of Lynchburg