Newbern, Virginia

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Coordinates: 37°04′24″N80°41′26″W / 37.07333°N 80.69056°W / 37.07333; -80.69056
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County Pulaski

Newbern is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. From 1839 until the court house burned in 1892, Newbern was the county seat of Pulaski County

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A large share of the early settlers being natives of Switzerland caused the name Newbern, after Bern, Switzerland, to be selected. [1] The Newbern Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [2]

Adam Hance began the town of Newbern in 1810, where the Wilderness Road or "Great road" passed directly through his grant of 1,400 acres. This holding was approximately halfway between Christiansburg, Virginia and Wytheville, Virginia. His home is located in the Newbern Historic District. [3]

Climate

The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Newbern has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps. [4]

Bibliography

Gillie Aldah Larew (28 Jul 1882, Newbern, Virginia 2 Jan 1977, Lynchburg, Virginia), a daughter of Gillie Augusta Glendy Larew, was one of the first American women who got a mathematics Ph.D. [5]

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References

  1. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 143. ISBN   978-1-57072-256-1.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Brown, Katharine L. and Nancy T. Sorrells. 2013. Into the Wilderness. Staunton, Virginia: Lot's Wife Publishing. Pages 50-55.
  4. Climate Summary for Newbern, Virginia
  5. Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. Vol. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN   978-0-8218-4376-5. Biography on p.- of the Supplementary Material at AMS