Southside Virginia

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geographic region region

Southside Virginia is a largely rural, historically agricultural region in the southern part of the state, characterized by small towns, farmland, and former tobacco and textile communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Southern Virginia	2
south-central Virginia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ region ⓘ
adjacentTo	Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ surface form: Blue Ridge Mountains region Central Virginia ⓘ Hampton Roads ⓘ Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
borderedBy	North Carolina ⓘ
characterizedBy	farmland ⓘ rural landscape ⓘ small towns ⓘ
contains	Amelia County, Virginia ⓘ Brunswick County, Virginia ⓘ Charlotte County, Virginia ⓘ Clarksville, Virginia ⓘ Cumberland County, Virginia ⓘ Danville, Virginia ⓘ Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ Emporia, Virginia ⓘ Farmville, Virginia ⓘ Franklin, Virginia ⓘ Greensville County, Virginia ⓘ Halifax County, Virginia ⓘ Henry County, Virginia ⓘ Lunenburg County, Virginia ⓘ Martinsville, Virginia ⓘ Mecklenburg County, Virginia ⓘ Nottoway County, Virginia ⓘ Pittsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ South Boston, Virginia ⓘ Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ Sussex County, Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicCharacteristic	largely rural population ⓘ
hasEconomicTransition	shift from tobacco and textiles to diversified economy ⓘ
historicalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ furniture manufacturing ⓘ textile manufacturing ⓘ tobacco farming ⓘ
knownFor	textile mills ⓘ timber production ⓘ tobacco warehouses ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern United States ⓘ Southside Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Virginia Virginia ⓘ
partOf	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
transportationCorridor	Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 95 ⓘ U.S. Route 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

U.S. Route 29 in Virginia → connectsRegion → Southside Virginia ⓘ

Danville, Virginia → locatedIn → Southside Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Virginia

Dinwiddie County, Virginia → locatedIn → Southside Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: south-central Virginia

Pittsylvania County, Virginia → locatedIn → Southside Virginia ⓘ

Prince Edward County, Virginia → locatedIn → Southside Virginia ⓘ

Southside Virginia → locatedIn → Southside Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Virginia

U.S. Route 29 Business in Danville → region → Southside Virginia ⓘ