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| | Halifax County, Virginia History |
 | | About Halifax County, VA Halifax County, located in Southside Virginia, was created in 1752 from Lunenberg County and named for the British statesmen George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax. |
 | | Church Parishes in Halifax County, VA The established Church in Colonial Virginia was the Church of England. |
 | | Halifax, county seat since 1800, changed its name in 1890, from Banister to Houston in honor of a railroad executve who was to be asked to send factories into the town. |
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