Radford

Central Depot (Radford) station on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, 1856
Source: Library of Congress, W.W. Blackford map, Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road

grid established by Radford Land & Improvement Company
Source: Library of Virginia, "We Are Not Saved:" The Land Boom & Real Estate Speculation in Montgomery County, VA

The Impact of the French and Indian War on Settlement West of the Blue Ridge

Radford University

Where is Southwest Virginia?

Norfolk Southern still uses Radford as a rail yard and crew change station

Links

• Radford

• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Downtown Revitalization
• Wildwood Park

during the Civil War, a boat ramp at Central Depot was used to transfer goods from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad for shipment down the New River to Narrows
Source: Library of Virginia, Montgomery County In The Civil War