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Halifax County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,022.[1] Its county seat is Halifax.[2]

Adjacent counties
Campbell County - northwest
Charlotte County - northeast
Mecklenburg County - east
Granville County, North Carolina - southeast
Person County, North Carolina - south
Caswell County, North Carolina - southwest
Pittsylvania County - west

Communities
Towns

• Halifax
• Scottsburg
• South Boston
• Virgilina

Census-designated places

• Clover
• Cluster Springs
• Mountain Road
• Nathalie
• Riverdale

Other unincorporated communities

• Alton
• Cody
• Crystal Hill
• Delila
• Ingram
• Midway (near Buffalo Springs)
• Midway (near Scottsburg)
• Turbeville
• Vernon Hill

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History

Tobacco barn, Edgewood Farm, Halifax County

Occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years, in historic times English colonists encountered Siouan language Native Americans. Halifax County was established in 1752 by English colonists from Lunenburg County. The county was named for George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.

Notable people

• Clement Comer Clay, Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, U.S. House of Representatives, and the United States Senate
• Carrie Sutherlin, college president