Bristol ( eng. Bristol ) - an independent city (that is, not part of any district) in the state of Virginia ( USA ). Together with the city of Bristol in the state of Tennessee forms a single city, formally divided into two parts by the administrative border between the states.
| City | |
| Bristol | |
|---|---|
| English Bristol | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Virginia |
| History and geography | |
| Based | |
| Square | 34 km² |
| Center height | 512 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 5 , in summer UTC − 4 |
| Population | |
| Population | 17,835 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 530 people / km² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 276 |
| GNIS | |
| bristolva.org (eng.) | |
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History
In the middle of the XIX century in these places was a plantation that belonged to the Rev. James King. In 1852, his son-in-law, Joseph Anderson, learned that two railroads should be joined in these places, and decided that this would be a good place to found a city. July 10, 1852, Anderson bought 100 acres of King's plantation: 48 acres in the state of Tennessee and 52 acres in the state of Virginia. July 16, 1852, he decided to give the future city the name "Bristol". On August 1, 1852, land survey began for the city, which was completed in three days, and by the summer of 1853 the first residential and commercial buildings were erected. On September 16, 1853, Anderson and his family moved to Bristol, and on November 5, a post office opened in his house; On December 24, 1853, the first store started operating, and from 1854 the bank began to function.
North of Bristol, behind Beaver Creek, was the land that belonged to Samuel Goodson, who decided to start his own project called Goodsonville. In 1856, Goodsonville was merged with the Virginia part of Bristol into a single settlement called “Goodsonville”, but this name did not stick, and in 1890 the name “Bristol” was returned to the Virginia part of the city.
Culture
In 1998, a special resolution of the US Congress gave Bristol the title “Birthplace of country music”.