South Boston Map
South Boston is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,491 at the 2000 census.
On December 8, 1796, the General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for Boston, Massachusetts. Because this site proved vulnerable to flooding it was eventually abandoned in favor of a new settlement on the north side. By the 1850s the Richmond and Danville Railroad passed through South Boston, which eventually developed into an important market for brightleaf tobacco. In 1884 it was incorporated as a town; in 1960 it became an independent city by court order. South Boston became a town again and rejoined Halifax County on July 1, 1995.
South Boston is located at 36°42?28?N 78°54?12?W / 36.70778°N 78.90333°W / 36.70778; -78.90333 (36.707722, -78.903388).
Nearby cities include Clover, Virgilina, Nathalie, Halifax, Scottsburg.