| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Radford |
| |
| |
| city (1990 pop. 15,940), surrounded by but independent of Pulaski and Montgomery counties, SW Va., on the New River; settled 1756, inc. as a city 1892. Motors, iron castings, clothing and textiles, and paper products are among the citys manufactures. Radford Univ. is there. Jefferson National Forest and an army ammunition plant are nearby. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|