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Radford city, Virginia

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7historic places

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1902formed

16,070pop. 2020

3cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Radford (Independent City), Radford.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Radford city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arnheim	Radford	Building	2002
East Radford Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Radford (Independent City)	District	2000
Glencoe	Radford (Independent City)	Building	2000
Halwyck	Radford (Independent City)	Building	1997
Harvey House	Radford (Independent City)	Building	1976
La Riviere	Radford (Independent City)	Building	1994
West Radford Commercial Historic District	Radford (Independent City)	District	2005

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Radford (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Radford made an independent city from MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Radford city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,344	4,627	6,990	9,026	9,371	13,225	15,859	16,070

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

3 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Central Cemetery	37.13595	-80.56006
Rock Road Cemetery	37.11456	-80.56117
West View Cemetery	37.12067	-80.58228

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Cloyd'S Mountain	907	14.3 km	VA049

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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