What is Blacksburg, Virginia?
'''Blacksburg''' is a [[town]] in [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]], in western [[Virginia]]. In [[2020]], 44,826 people lived there. == History == Blacksburg was first explored by Henry Batt and John Fallam who were sent by [[Abraham Wood]] in 1671. The town is named after Samuel Black, who used to own land there. On October 2, 1872, [[Virginia Tech]] was opened with three teachers. On April 26, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho shot 32 people in the [[Virginia Tech massacre]]. {{Virginia towns}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Towns in Virginia]] [[Category:1671 establishments]] [[Category:1670s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies]] [[Category:17th-century establishments in Virginia]]