Hale's Ford, Virginia

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Hale's Ford was a small unincorporated community located in the northeastern corner of Franklin County, Virginia. It is best known as the location of the Burroughs Farm, a plantation where famed educator Booker T. Washington was born as a slave in 1856.

Hale's Ford is also known as the site of one of Virginia's covered bridges. The Booker T. Washington National Monument is located nearby.

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