Back Blæcesbyrg (Firginiæ) ANG بلاكسبرغ Arabic بلکسبورق، ویرجینیا AZB Blacksburg (Virgínia) Catalan Блексбург (Виргини) CE Blacksburg (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia) CEB Blacksburg, Virginia Welsh Blacksburg (Virginia) German Blacksburg (Virginia) Spanish Blacksburg (Virginia) Basque
Blacksburg | |
|---|---|
| Town of Blacksburg | |
 Downtown Blacksburg | |
  Blacksburg  Blacksburg | |
| Coordinates: 37°13′48″N 80°25′4″W / 37.23000°N 80.41778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Montgomery |
| Founded | 1798 |
| Named for | Samuel Black |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leslie Hager-Smith |
| Area | |
| • Town | 19.77 sq mi (51.20 km2) |
| • Land | 19.74 sq mi (51.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.10% |
| Elevation | 2,080 ft (630 m) |
| Population | |
| • Town | 44,826 |
| • Density | 2,300/sq mi (880/km2) |
| • Metro | 181,863 |
| Demonym | Blacksburger |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 24060–24063 |
| Area code | 540 |
| FIPS code | 51-07784[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1498405[4] |
| Website | www.blacksburg.gov |
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg and the surrounding county is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Tech.[5]
Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and the city of Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses those jurisdictions and all of Montgomery, Pulaski, and Giles counties for statistical purposes. The MSA has an estimated population of 181,863[6] and is currently one of the faster-growing MSAs in Virginia.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts: Blacksburg (town), Virginia". Quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Virginia Employment Commission (August 30, 2018). "Virginia Community Profile: Montgomery County" (PDF). Virginia Labor Market Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2018.
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (CBSA-EST2008-01)". 2008 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 19, 2009. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2011.