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3 unusual facts about Halifax County


Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election, 2004

Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996.

Joseph Fels

Born of German Jewish immigrants in Halifax County, Virginia, Fels moved with his family to Baltimore in 1866; by 1876 he'd assumed control of a soap manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, and brought two of his brothers in as partners shortly after.

Monongahela culture

About the year of 1635, it appears that a group of Monongahela refugees resettled in south-central Virginia at Halifax County.


Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital

Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital was built to serve the easternmost area of coastal Halifax County running from East Ship Harbour to Marie Joseph.

Rob Boutilier

Rob Boutilier (born 1971 in Halifax County) is the creator and co-director of Kid vs. Kat, a Canadian animated television series developed and produced at Studio B Productions.

WMDV-LD

WMDV-LD channel 44 is a low-power television station licensed to Danville, Virginia and serving that city and adjacent Pittsylvania, Halifax and Henry Counties.


see also

Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality

In 1996 the provincial government amalgamated all municipal governments within Halifax County to create HRM, a regional municipality comprising approximately 200 individual communities or placenames for civic addressing grouped into eighteen planning areas for zoning purposes.

William Davie House

William R. Davie House, Halifax, North Carolina, NRHP-listed in Halifax County