Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

E351483

college town town

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States is a college town in the Appalachian region best known as the home of Virginia Tech.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Blacksburg, Virginia	8
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States canonical	2
Blacksburg	1
Blacksburg main campus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college town ⓘ town ⓘ
areaCode	540 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Montgomery County, Virginia ⓘ
demographics	large student population ⓘ
economy	higher education ⓘ research and technology ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2,080 feet ⓘ approximately 634 meters ⓘ
founded	1798 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1492512 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Steppin’ Out street festival ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Blacksburg Historic District ⓘ
hasMajorRoad	U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia State Route 412 ⓘ
hasMuseum	Moss Arts Center galleries at Virginia Tech ⓘ
hasPark	Heritage Community Park and Natural Area ⓘ Huckleberry Trail ⓘ
hasPerformingArtsVenue	Lyric Theatre ⓘ Moss Arts Center ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	Blacksburg Library (Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library System) ⓘ
hasResearchPark	Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Hokies ⓘ surface form: Virginia Tech Hokies basketball Hokies ⓘ surface form: Virginia Tech Hokies football
hasTransportation	Blacksburg Transit ⓘ
hasUniversity	Virginia Tech ⓘ surface form: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
homeTo	Virginia Tech ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown	1871 ⓘ
isCollegeTownOf	Hokies ⓘ surface form: Virginia Tech Hokies athletics
knownFor	Virginia Tech ⓘ
locatedIn	Appalachian region of the United States ⓘ surface form: Appalachian region
locatedNear	Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ Jefferson National Forest ⓘ
namedAfter	William Black ⓘ
nearestCity	Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ
partOf	New River Valley ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford metropolitan area ⓘ
population	approximately 44,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCode	24060 ⓘ 24061 ⓘ
region	Southwestern Virginia ⓘ surface form: Southwest Virginia
servedByAirport	Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikki Giovanni → residence → Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ⓘ

western Virginia → hasMajorCity → Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Virginia