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Blacksburg

town in Virginia, United States
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Blacksburg

Summary

Blacksburg is a town in the United States[1]. Blacksburg ranks in the top 0.74% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (481 views/month, #41 of 5,573).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blacksburg is located in Montgomery County[3].
  • Blacksburg is in the country of United States[4].
  • Blacksburg's head of government is recorded as Leslie Hager-Smith[5].
  • Blacksburg's image is recorded as Blacksburg, Virginia.jpg[6].
  • Blacksburg's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[7].
  • Blacksburg's locator map image is recorded as Norris WestAJ Map.jpg[8].
  • Blacksburg's postal code is recorded as 24060[9].
  • Blacksburg's postal code is recorded as 24061[10].
  • Blacksburg's postal code is recorded as 24062[11].
  • Blacksburg's postal code is recorded as 24063[12].
  • Blacksburg's Commons category is recorded as Blacksburg, Virginia[13].
  • Blacksburg's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 206542[14].
  • Blacksburg's local dialing code is recorded as 540[15].
  • +1798-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blacksburg[16].
  • Blacksburg's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1498405[17].
  • Blacksburg's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390731[18].
  • Blacksburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.23, 'lon': -80.4178}[19].
  • Blacksburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010n89[20].
  • Blacksburg's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1035591[21].
  • Blacksburg's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 51-07784[22].
  • Blacksburg's official website is recorded as https://www.blacksburg.gov/[23].
  • Blacksburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blacksburg, Virginia[24].
  • Blacksburg's page banner is recorded as Blacksburg, Virginia banner.jpg[25].
  • Blacksburg's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 76d1e078-7861-4329-8553-f047b922c4f7[26].
  • Blacksburg's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Virginia/Localities/B/Blacksburg/[27].

Body

Founding

+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blacksburg[16].

Identity

Blacksburg's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blacksburg'}[28].

Why It Matters

Blacksburg ranks in the top 0.74% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (481 views/month, #41 of 5,573).[2] Blacksburg has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Blacksburg is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . blacksburg.gov. Retrieved . blacksburg.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → n79032188
    Topic's main category → Category:Blacksburg, Virginia
    Located in time zone → Q941023
    Locator map image → Norris WestAJ Map.jpg
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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