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    Gretna is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan...
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  • Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania Gretna, Virginia Gretna Green railway station, a railway station in Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Gretna...
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    Chatham, via Main Street. U.S. Route 29 Business (US 29 Bus.) through Gretna, Virginia, was established in 1975 when mainline US 29 was given a new bypass...
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  • Not to be confused with Gretna High School in Gretna, Nebraska Gretna High School is a public high school in Gretna, Virginia. Average attendance is 550...
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    Sharswood Plantation (category African-American cemeteries in Virginia)
    known as Sharswood Manor Estate, is a historic plantation house in Gretna, Virginia. Prior to the American Civil War, Sharswood operated as a 2,000-acre...
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    Tony Womack (category Baseball players from Danville, Virginia)
    York Yankees. Womack was born in Danville, Virginia. He is a graduate of Gretna High School in Gretna, Virginia, and Guilford College in Greensboro, North...
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  • Coles Hill uranium deposit (category Geology of Virginia)
    Virginia, in the Smith River allochthon of southern Virginia. The deposit is located east of US Highway 29 between the towns of Chatham and Gretna, Virginia...
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  • Tickle (TV series) (category Television shows set in Virginia)
    that he found in the backwoods of Virginia. Tickle opens a fishing store called "Tickle's Tackle" in the town of Gretna as a front to move the liquor, but...
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    Gretna Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The district encompasses 26 contributing...
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  • Ricky Van Shelton (category People from Danville, Virginia)
    Danville, Virginia, United States, to Jenks and Eloise Shelton in 1952, but was raised in Grit, Virginia, and went to High school in Gretna, Virginia. Although...
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  • Odell Waller (category People from Gretna, Virginia)
    6, 1917 – July 2, 1942) was an African-American sharecropper from Gretna, Virginia, executed for the fatal shooting of his white landlord, Oscar Wheldon...
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    Thomas Claiborne Creasy House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia)
    Claiborne Creasy House is a historic house at 415 South Main Street in Gretna, Virginia. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1840 with later...
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  • WMNA-FM (category Radio stations in Virginia)
    WMNA-FM (106.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Gretna, Virginia, serving Northern Pittsylvania County and the suburbs of the Lynchburg metropolitan...
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  • The Virginia Tech Sports Network is the radio network broadcasting athletic events of the Virginia Tech Hokies games, primarily football and men's basketball...
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  • 3 FM) licensed to Gretna, Virginia, United States, United States WMNA (AM), a radio station (730 AM) licensed to Gretna, Virginia, United States, United...
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  • Georges Creek (Whitethorn Creek tributary) (category Rivers of Virginia)
    County, Virginia. Georges Creek is the source of water for the Town of Gretna, Virginia. Georges Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile southwest of Gretna, Virginia...
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    Norfolk and Western 611 (category History of Virginia)
    of the journey, a local church chimed as No. 611 whistled through Gretna, Virginia, just 25 miles (40 km) south of Lynchburg, reminding some of O. Winston...
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  • Clarence Pickrel (category People from Gretna, Virginia)
    1 inch (185 cm) and weighing 180 pounds (82 kg). Pickrel was born in Gretna, Virginia, on March 28, 1911. In 1931, Pickrel began his professional baseball...
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    into seven districts: Banister Callands-Gretna Chatham-Blairs Dan River Staunton River Tunstall Westover In Virginia: Bedford County - Northwest (across Smith...
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  • Long Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary) (category Rivers of Virginia)
    tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Long Branch rises in a pond in Gretna, Virginia and then flows generally southeast to join Whitethorn...
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  • Tavern, a historic tavern located near Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Yancy cabin in Gretna, Virginia, part of the Historic American Buildings...
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  • WMNA (AM) (category Radio stations in Virginia)
    commercial AM radio station in Gretna, Virginia, serving Southside Virginia and Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It is owned and operated by 3...
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    -79.1922420), along State Route 40 between Gretna and Brookneal. It is included in the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. U.S. Geological...
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  • Sharswood may refer to: Sharswood Plantation, a plantation in Gretna, Virginia Sharswood, Philadelphia, U.S., neighborhood George Sharswood School, K–8...
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  • Hit At Gretna Playhouse". Lebanon Daily News. August 19, 1949. Peet, Creighton (December 22, 1963). "Scottie has 7 roles in 1 play". Virginian-Pilot....
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  • Les Barley (category People from Gretna, Virginia)
    Barley was born on September 7, 1967, in Gretna, Virginia. He started playing football as an eighth grader at Gretna Junior High School. Though initially...
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  • Falls, New York WMMN 920 AM Fairmont, West Virginia WMMV 1350 AM Cocoa, Florida WMNA 730 AM Gretna, Virginia WMNC 1430 AM Morganton, North Carolina WMNI...
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    straight and level path. Approaching Gretna, it intersects the US 29 bypass, and then US 29 Business in downtown Gretna. This portion of the highway ends...
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  • WIQO-FM (category 1964 establishments in Virginia)
    Forest, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area. It simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station 106.3 WMNA-FM Gretna, Virginia. They...
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    Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population...
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