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Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 60,501. Chatham is the county seat.
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State Route 156 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 57.38 miles (92.34 km) from U.S. Route 301 and SR 35 in Templeton north to US 360 Business in Mechanicsville. SR 156 follows a circuitous route through the eastern part of the Richmond–Petersburg metropolitan area. South of the James River, the state highway connects Templeton in Prince George County with Hopewell, which is directly served by SR 156 Business. SR 156 crosses the James River on the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge and briefly passes through Charles City County. For most of its length in Henrico and Hanover, the state highway is a rural road that provides access to several units of Richmond National Battlefield Park. However, SR 156 provides access to Richmond International Airport, Interstate 64 (I-64), and I-295 as it passes through the Richmond suburbs of Sandston and Highland Springs as a major highway.
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Tightsqueeze is an unincorporated community in the center of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It is included in the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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State Route 51 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Westover Drive, the state highway runs 6.20 miles (9.98 km) between a pair of intersections with U.S. Route 58 Business in Pittsylvania County west of Danville and within Danville. SR 51 is the original alignment of US 58 through the western part of Danville.
State Route 57 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 88.70 miles (142.75 km) from SR 8 near Woolwine east to SR 360 near Halifax. SR 57 connects the independent city of Martinsville with Chatham and Halifax, the county seats of Pittsylvania and Halifax counties, respectively. The state highway also connects the city to Fairy Stone State Park.
State Route 293 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 7.05 miles (11.35 km) between intersections with U.S. Route 29 Business on the south and north sides of the independent city of Danville. SR 293 is the original alignment of US 29 through Danville, which has been twice bypassed: first by what is now US 29 Business and later by the current US 29 freeway.
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Pittsville is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Varvol is an unincorporated community in southern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on the South Prong of Jacks Fork at the intersection of Missouri Route HH and Varvel Road. The community of Sargent is approximately 3.5 miles to the west on Varvel Road and Willow Springs in adjacent Howell County is about seven miles south on route HH and Missouri Route 137. Varvel School was about three miles east along the north bank of the river.
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The community is located in the north east part of the county, about 9 miles north/north-east of Gretna. It is surrounded with farmland, timber and single family homes. It is approximately 900 feet above sea level. Two prominent landmarks have been a point of reference in guiding people to the area. Most locals reminisce about the Grayson Jacobs Store that was located at the intersection of Scott Jacobs Memorial Drive and Spring Road. The proprietor was a well-known county supervisor who offered general merchandise to the surrounding community. It was a social hub for the rural farmers of the area. The store was also a polling place for elections in the county. In the 1940s until the polling place was moved, the precinct was monitored to judge the outcome of the county election results. There was a saying in the county, “So goes Brutus, so goes Pittsylvania County”. Jacob's store closed in the 1970s when the proprietor died. The property lies in ruins today, with much of the old store building falling in. Across the intersection diagonally from the store is Spring Road Baptist Church. This church was established in 1852 and has been located on this site since the late 1800s. The present sanctuary structure dates to circa 1902. On the south east corner of the intersection is a memorial for Scott Jacobs, a teen who died in an auto accident about 2 miles north on Scott Jacobs Memorial Drive, which was renamed in his memory.
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