Hardy, Virginia

Hardy, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Hardy, Virginia
Hardy, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°13′55″N 79°48′38″W / 37.23194°N 79.81056°W / 37.23194; -79.81056Coordinates: 37°13′55″N 79°48′38″W / 37.23194°N 79.81056°W / 37.23194; -79.81056
Country United States
State Virginia
County Bedford
Elevation 997 ft (304 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID 1477396[1]

Hardy is an unincorporated community lying in Bedford County, Franklin County, and Roanoke County Virginia, United States, about twenty miles southeast of Roanoke. The community is near the Booker T. Washington National Monument, which commemorates where Booker T. Washington was born in 1856. It is also the home place of Jubal Anderson Early, who was born near the bottom of Windy Gap Mountain.

The Booth-Lovelace House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[2]

References

  1. "Hardy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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