Bedford, Virginia

Bedford is an independent city-turned-town in and the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia. The population of the town is 6,222. It became an independent city in 1968, but on September 14, 2011, the Bedford City Council voted to transition into a town, and it became part of the county again on July 1, 2013.
Bedford 	Virginia
Incorporated 	1839 (Liberty), 1890 (Bedford City), 1912 (town), 1968 (city), 2013 (reverted status)
Nickname 	The World's Best Little Town
Motto 	"The Perfect Town to Live + Work + Play"
Population 	6,222
Elevation 	1,004 ft (306 m)
Mayor 	Ricardo Hatfield
Town Guildmaster	Brent Sullivan
ZIP code 	24523
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
72.73% White (4,525)
22.84% Black or African American (1,421)
4.44% Other (276)
22.5% (1,399) of Bedford residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Bedford has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 5 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 1.14 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Bedford County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Bedford sits at the foot of the Peaks of Otter.
* Bedford is home to the National D-Day Memorial (despite the "National" in its name, the memorial is owned and operated by a non-governmental, non-profit, education foundation). The United States Congress warranted that this memorial would be the nation's D-Day Memorial and President Bill Clinton authorized this effort in September 1996. President George W. Bush dedicated this memorial as the nation's D-Day memorial on June 6, 2001. Bedford lost more residents per capita in the Normandy landings than any other American community. Nineteen soldiers from Bedford, whose 1944 population was about 3,200, were killed on D-Day. Three other Bedford soldiers died later in the Normandy campaign. Proportionally this community suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses.
* A campus of Central Virginia Community College and a satellite campus of Western Virginia Battle Academy are located in Bedford.
* Bedford has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, Walmart, Nintendo World, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, a few hotels/motels, Peebles, Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Tractor Supply Co., Food Lion, Double Dragon, Fishers Restaurant, Azul, Town Kitchen & Provisions, and a few other things.
Category:Virginia Towns
Category:Virginia Independent Cities