Newbern is an

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in Pulaski County, in the

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. From 1839 until the courthouse burned in 1892, Newbern was the county seat of Pulaski County. A large share of the early settlers being natives of

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caused the name Newbern, after

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, Switzerland, to be selected. The Newbern Historic District was listed on the

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in 1979. Adam Hance began the town of Newbern in 1810, where the

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or "Great road" passed directly through his grant of 1,400 acres. This holding was approximately halfway between Christiansburg and Wytheville, Virginia. His home is located in the Newbern Historic District.

Climate

The climate in this area features moderate differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the

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system, Newbern has a

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, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.

Bibliography

* Anderson, C. B. Business Records. 1884. Summary: Ledgers, daybooks, business journals, and other records, for accounts in Anderson's general store in Newbern, Pulaski County, Va. . * Brown, Katharine L. and Nancy T. Sorrells. 2013. Into the Wilderness. Staunton, Virginia: Lot's Wife Publishing. * Buchanan, William T. A Chronology of the Hance-Alexander Family of Pulaski County, Virginia and the Hance-Alexander House, 1768-1866. 1983. Thesis. * Ellett, Anna Burton. Inscriptions on Tombstones in Cemeteries at Dublin, Newbern, New Dublin Presbyterian Church, Pulaski County, Virginia. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. Summary: Inscriptions are from a cemetery at Dublin, Newbern Cemetery near Dublin, and the cemetery of the New Dublin Presbyterian Church near Dublin. * Harvey, Helen Martin. Wilderness Trail from Radford to Newbern. Roanoke, Va: WBRA-TV, 1974. Summary: Helen Harvey of New River Community College takes the viewer on an historically descriptive trip along part of the original Wilderness Road from Radford, Va., to Newbern, Va. . * Larew Family Papers. 1864-1903. Archival materials. Abstract: The Larew papers are arranged in three sections. Folder 1 contains sympathy letters received from family and friends by Isaac Hall Larew of Pulaski County, Virginia in 1887. His wife, Gillie Augusta Glendy Larew (1846-1887), died in childbirth on April 8. Also included is a poem, "To a Departed Wife," and resolution passed in Mrs. Larew's honor by the Ladies Missionary Society of Newbern Presbyterian Church. Folder 2 contains letters from Isaac Hall Larew to his daughters Aldah and Xanda, who were students of Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. These letters were written between 1901 and 1903. Also included is a report card from college. Folder 3 contains miscellaneous materials, including accounts, a copy of Isaac Hall Larew's will, and letters. . : Gillie Aldah Larew (28 Jul 1882, Newbern, Virginia — 2 Jan 1977,

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), a daughter of Gillie Augusta Glendy Larew, was one of the first American women who got a mathematics Ph.D. Biography on p.- of th
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References

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