15 Facts About Lynchburg Virginia

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Lynchburg Virginia became a tobacco trading, then commercial, and much later an industrial center.

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Early Lynchburg Virginia residents were not known for their religious enthusiasm.

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3.

Lynchburg Virginia was a deadly place for the worship of God'.

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4.

Lynchburg Virginia's defenders had taken pains to create an impression that the Confederate forces within the city were much larger than they were in fact.

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For example, a train was continuously run up and down the tracks while drummers played and Lynchburg Virginia citizens cheered as if reinforcements were disembarking.

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6.

Many citizens, believing their city crowded enough, did not join the boosters who wanted Lynchburg Virginia to become the junction of that valley line and what became the Norfolk and Western Railroad, so the junction was moved to Big Lick.

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7.

Lynchburg Virginia lost its bid to gain access to an interstate highway.

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8.

For several decades throughout the mid-20th century, the state of Lynchburg Virginia authorized compulsory sterilization of the mentally retarded for the purpose of eugenics.

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9.

Lynchburg Virginia's was classified as "feeble-minded" and sterilized while a patient at the Virginia State Colony.

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10.

Lynchburg Virginia has ten recognized historic districts, four of them in the downtown residential area.

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11.

Downtown Lynchburg Virginia has undergone significant revitalization, with hundreds of new loft apartments created through adaptive reuse of historic warehouses and mills.

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12.

Lynchburg Virginia has a four-season humid subtropical climate, with cool winters and hot, humid summers.

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13.

Lynchburg Virginia achieved the rank of 109th in the whole nation in the same survey.

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14.

Industries within the Lynchburg Virginia MSA include nuclear technology, pharmaceuticals, and material handling.

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15.

In October 2009, Lynchburg Virginia became the southern terminus for a Northeast Regional that previously had overnighted in Washington.

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