Bristol, Virginia This article is about the southwest Virginia town/city of Bristol.
Bristol, Virginia A sign welcomes visitors to the twin metros/cities of Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee.
A sign welcomes visitors to the twin metros/cities of Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee.
Flag of Bristol, Virginia Flag Official seal of Bristol, Virginia State Virginia State Street separates Virginia (left) and Tennessee (right).
Bristol is an autonomous town/city in the U.S.
State of Virginia.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 17,835. It is the twin town/city of Bristol, Tennessee, just athwart the state line, which runs down the middle of its chief street, State Street.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the town/city of Bristol, Virginia, with neighboring Washington County, Virginia, for statistical purposes.
Bristol is a principal town/city of the Kingsport Bristol Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City Kingsport Bristol, TN-VA Combined Travel Destination commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Evan Shelby first appeared in what is now the Bristol region around 1765.
In 1766, Shelby, moved his family and settled at a place called Big Camp Meet (now Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia).
In 1774, Shelby erected a fort on a hill overlooking what is now downtown Bristol.
Samuel Goodson, who owned territory that adjoined the initial town of Bristol TN/VA at its northern boundary (Beaver Creek was the dividing line), started a evolution known as Goodsonville.
Anderson was unable to incorporate Bristol athwart the state lines of Tennessee and Virginia.
In 1856, Goodsonville and the initial Bristol, Virginia were consolidated to form the composite town of Goodson, Virginia. Incorporation for Bristol, Tennessee and Goodson, Virgina occurred in 1856.
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroads reached the metros/cities in the late summer of 1856.
Due to having two different barns s companies, two depots served the cities; one in Bristol, Tenn.
However, the depot positioned in Goodson continued to be alluded to as Bristol, Virginia.
Bristol is positioned in southwestern Virginia at 36 36 N 82 11 W (36.6111, -82.1762). It is bordered to the west, north, and east by Washington County, Virginia, and to the south by the town/city of Bristol in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.2 square miles (34.1 km2), of which 13.0 square miles (33.7 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 1.07%, is water. Little Creek and Beaver Creek flow south through the city; Little Creek flows into Beaver Creek two blocks south of the state line in Tennessee.
I-81 leads northeast 149 miles (240 km) to Roanoke, Virginia, and southwest 113 miles (182 km) to Knoxville, Tennessee.
Interstate 381 (I-381) is a spur from Interstate 81 that provides access to Bristol, Virginia, United States.
It runs for 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue (State Route 381) and Keys/Church Streets in Bristol at exit 0 north to Interstate 81.
US 11 and US 19, running alongside to I-81, lead northeast 15 miles (24 km) to Abingdon, Virginia.
US 11 splits into routes 11 - W and 11 - E in Bristol; US 11 - W leads west-southwest 23 miles (37 km) to Kingsport, Tennessee, while US 11 - E and US 19 lead south-southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Johnson City, Tennessee.
US 58 runs with I-81 northeast for 17 miles (27 km) before splitting off to the east just beyond Abingdon; US 58 and 421 together lead west 27 miles (43 km) to Weber City, Virginia.
US 421 leads southeast 33 miles (53 km) to Mountain City, Tennessee.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.54% White, 5.57% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other competitions, and 1.08% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Operations jurisdiction* City of Bristol in the state of Virginia, United States Bristol is served by two law enforcement agencies: the town/city police and the town/city sheriff's department.
Even with its mostly small size, Bristol, Virginia, boasts one of the more advanced broadband networks in the country. Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU) started planning a fiber optic deployment in the town/city in the late 1990s.
This universal was to offer competition to small-town incumbents and furnish broadband Internet, cable TV, and telephone service to the inhabitants of Bristol.
In 2003, in the mostly isolated town/city of Bristol, Virginia, Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU), created a nonprofit offshoot called "Optinet", a municipal broadband Internet service that covers Bristol as well as the Southwest portion of the state of Virginia.
Serving around 12,500 customers, BVU is recognized as the "first municipal utility in the United States to deploy an all-fiber network offering the triple play of video, voice and data services". On October 29, 2009, BVU received USD 3.5 million in grant financing from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. With these funds BVU will build "an extra 49 miles of its Opti - Net fiber-optic backbone from Abingdon up I-81 to Virginia Route 16 from Marion into Grayson County". This will also allow for BVU to make a second connection with Mid Atlantic Broadband, increasing communication between different businesses in Northern Virginia.
The Virginia Tobacco Community funded this universal because it provided their company with more connections in crucial areas of the southwest and southern part of Virginia.
This universal will service over 120 establishments, such as schools, hospitals, government buildings, and many more besides. This new municipals broadband service will also be inside a two-mile distance of over 500 different businesses. This universal also created 295 new jobs. BVU Optinet continues operate a strong municipal broadband Internet service for Bristol and many other counties in Virginia.
Today, Bristol Virginia is still one of only a several FTTP deployments in the nation with a momentous number of customers online.
Bristol's twin town/city in Tennessee is deploying an FTTP fitness similar to its neighbor athwart the state line.
According to Bristol's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 City of Bristol 676 In 2007 and 2008, Bristol was titled one of the Best 100 Communities for Music Education The town/city school division operates Virginia High School and Virginia Middle School, together with four elementary schools: Highland View, Stonewall Jackson, Van Pelt, and Washington Lee.
Bristol was formerly home to two post-secondary establishments, Sullins College and Virginia Intermont College, but these universities closed in 1978 and 2014 in the order given.
Bristol was recognized as the "Birthplace of Country Music", as stated to a resolution passed by the US Congress in 1998; inhabitants of the town/city had contributed to early nation music recordings and influence, and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is positioned in Bristol.
In 1927 record producer Ralph Peer of Victor Records began recording small-town musicians in Bristol to attempt to capture the small-town sound of traditional "folk" music of the region.
Carter and his family journeyed from Maces Spring, Virginia, to Bristol, Tennessee, to audition for Peer who was seeking new talent for the mostly embryonic recording industry.
Since 1994, the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance has promoted the town/city as a destination to learn about the history of the region and its part in the creation of an entire music genre.
Bristol hosts the Bristol Pirates baseball team of the Appalachian League.
On the Tennessee side, Bristol is home to Bristol Motor Speedway, the "world's quickest half mile", which hosts two competitions per year on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, two competitions per year on the NASCAR Xfinity Series circuit, one race per year on the Camping World Truck Series circuit, and various other racing affairs.
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