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Bland County, Virginia, the Glossary

Bland County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia.^[1]

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

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American ancestry

American ancestry refers to people in the United States who self-identify their ancestral origin or descent as "American", rather than the more common officially recognized racial and ethnic groups that make up the bulk of the American people.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America.

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Appalachian Regional Commission

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a United States federal–state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Bastian, Virginia

Bastian is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bland County, Virginia, United States.

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Bland, Virginia

Bland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Ceres, Virginia

Ceres is an unincorporated community in Bland County, Virginia, United States.

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Commonwealth (U.S. state)

Commonwealth is a term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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English Americans

English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is an administrative entity combining two U.S. National Forests into one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Giles County, Virginia

Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia on the West Virginia state line. Bland County, Virginia and Giles County, Virginia are counties of Appalachia and Virginia counties.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Holston River

The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee.

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House of Burgesses

The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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List of cities and counties in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. Bland County, Virginia and List of cities and counties in Virginia are Virginia counties.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mechanicsburg, Virginia

Mechanicsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bland County, Virginia, United States.

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Mercer County, West Virginia

Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Bland County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia are counties of Appalachia.

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Morgan Griffith

Howard Morgan Griffith (born March 15, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bland County, Virginia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bland County, Virginia.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.

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Pacific Islander Americans

Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the indigenous peoples of Oceania or of Austronesian descent).

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Physiographic province

A physiographic province is a geographic region with a characteristic geomorphology, and often specific subsurface rock type or structural elements.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Pulaski County, Virginia

Pulaski County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. Bland County, Virginia and Pulaski County, Virginia are counties of Appalachia and Virginia counties.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Richard Bland

Richard Bland (May 6, 1710 – October 26, 1776), sometimes referred to as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer and politician from Virginia.

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Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands division.

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Rocky Gap, Virginia

Rocky Gap is an unincorporated community that is located in Bland County in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Smyth County, Virginia

Smyth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. Bland County, Virginia and Smyth County, Virginia are counties of Appalachia and Virginia counties.

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Southwest Virginia

Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth.

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Tazewell County, Virginia

Tazewell County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Virginia. Bland County, Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia are counties of Appalachia and Virginia counties.

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The Hornbook of Virginia History

The Hornbook of Virginia History: A Ready-Reference Guide to the Old Dominion's People, Places, and Past is a historical reference guide and encyclopedia published by the Library of Virginia.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bland_County,_Virginia

Also known as Bland County, VA, History of Bland County, Virginia.

, Virginia, Virginia General Assembly, Will Morefield, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Wythe County, Virginia, 2000 United States census, 2020 United States census.

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