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  2. Amherst County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    UTC−4 (EDT) Congressional district. 5th. Website. www.countyofamherst.com. Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.

  3. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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    The Virginia State colony was a center for feeble minded whites only. Blacks were not admitted to the colony throughout its early years. However, the state of Virginia in 1939 created the Petersburg Colony for the care of blacks who were deemed either “insane” or “feebleminded.” [ 11 ] The poorly-funded colony was a work camp for its ...

  4. Amherst, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Amherst is located at (37.576899, −79.050424 According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km 2), all of it land.. The town is 25 miles southeast of Lexington, 44 miles southwest from Charlottesville, 20 miles northwest from Appomattox, and only 13 miles north of Lynchburg.

  5. Red Hill Farm (Pedlar Mills, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Red Hill Farm is a historic home located near Pedlar Mills, Amherst County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1824–1825, and is a 2⁄2 -story, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a double-pile, central-hall plan. It measures 55 feet by 42 feet, and has a slate covered hipped roof. Also on the property are a contributing brick kitchen ...

  6. Akron Children's Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Akron Children's Hospital began as a day nursery in 1890. [1] In 2010, it was the largest pediatric health care provider in northeast Ohio. [2] Akron Children's Hospital has 78 locations throughout the region, including a 289-bed campus in downtown Akron and a 32-bed campus in Boardman, Ohio, [3] Akron Children's Hospital has approximately 4,600 employees and cares for more than half a million ...

  7. West Bethel, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Bethel, Virginia (Amherst County, Virginia) was a small town that was granted a charter in December 1801. It began with an inspection station-warehouse, a ferry, a dam and a flour mill, all built by Thomas Cocke and Nicolos Clayton Davies of Bedford County, Virginia. It was a booming town during its day due to its proximity to the James River.

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