Hardy is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Franklin,Bedford County,and Roanoke County Virginia, United States, and is about twenty miles southeast of Roanoke. It is also the home place of Confederate Gen.

Jubal Anderson Early Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his U.S. Army commissio ...

, who was born near the bottom of Windy Gap Mountain. It is the home place of NCAA baseball coach Charles Buddy Bolding as well. The Booth–Lovelace House was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2002. The

Booker T. Washington National Monument The Booker T. Washington National Monument is a National Monument near the community of Hardy, Virginia, and is located entirely in rural Franklin County, Virginia. It preserves portions of the 207-acre (0.90 km2) tobacco farm on which educ ...

is also in Hardy.

References

Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Virginia {{FranklinCountyVA-geo-stub