Hillsville, Virginia Hillsville, Virginia Hillsville is a town in Carroll County, Virginia, United States.
The populace was 2,681 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Carroll County. 3 Hillsville Flea Market 4 Carroll County Courthouse shooting Hillsville is positioned in central Carroll County at 36 45 32 N 80 44 04 W (36.758814, -80.734510). U.S.
US 52 leads northwest 28 miles (45 km) to Wytheville and south 22 miles (35 km) to Mount Airy, North Carolina, while US 221 leads northeast 70 miles (110 km) to Roanoke and southwest 13 miles (21 km) to Galax.
The Hillsville town limits extend west along US 221 and 58 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Interstate 77, which leads north 17 miles (27 km) to Interstate 81 east of Wytheville and south 20 miles (32 km) to Interstate 74 in North Carolina.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Hillsville has a total region of 8.9 square miles (23.0 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.11%, is water. The Blue Ridge Parkway runs through Carroll County 9 miles (14 km) south of Hillsville.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Hillsville has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps. In the town, the populace was spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $27,148, and the median income for a family was $36,117.
About 12.9% of families and 16.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 26.3% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Modern Language Association, there are (in descending order) 2,372 English speakers, 55 Spanish speakers, 18 Vietnamese speakers, 5 German speakers, 4 Italian speakers, 3 Portuguese speakers, and 3 Russian speakers.
Thus, less than 4% of the town of Hillsville speaks a non-English language at home.
The town's major claim to fame is its Hillsville Flea Market (more properly known as the VFW Flea Market & Gun Show), which has been called the biggest American flea market to the east of the Mississippi River.
On March 14, 1912, a gunfight broke out in the Carroll County Courthouse after the conviction of Floyd Allen, wealthy landowner and patriarch of the then-powerful Allen clan. The story made nationwide headlines until it was eclipsed by the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912.
Floyd Allen was on trial for illegal rescue of prisoners, assault and battery, and interfering with deputies.
The charges stemmed from an altercation amid which he freed his nephews--who had been arrested for brawling and disrupting a theological service, fled to North Carolina, but were recaptured and being taken to the Carroll county jail--and pistol-whipped a deputy sheriff with his own malfunctioning gun, leaving the officer unconscious.
The next morning, when they pronounced Floyd guilty and Judge Thornton Massie refused to set aside the verdict (as had happened in an earlier case), but instead sentenced Floyd Allen to a year in jail and a $1000 fine, Allen stood up and openly refused to go.
A gun battle erupted between lawmen and Floyd and a several Allen family members present at the trial who came to his "aid".
Floyd Allen and his family initially escaped.
The wounded Floyd Allen and his son Victor had stayed in a Hillsville hotel overnight and were arrested the next morning.
Victor Allen was later acquitted: Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle pardoned two Allen cousins in 1922, and Governor Harry F.
Kylene Barker, Miss America 1979, graduated from Hillsville's Carroll County High School.
Frank Beamer, former Virginia Tech head football coach, is an alumnus of Hillsville High.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hillsville town, Virginia".
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