Gretna
Gretna is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,210 residents
- Description: town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Elba”, “Gretna, VA”, “Gretna, Virginia”, and “Sulphur Springs”
- Postal code: 24557
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gretna High School and Yates Tavern.
Gretna High School
School
Gretna High School is a public high school in Gretna, Virginia. Average attendance is 550 students per year. Between 2008 and 2010, it was renovated along with other Pittsylvania County schools: Tunstall Sr.
Yates Tavern
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Yates Tavern, also known as Yancy Cabin, is a historic tavern located near Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The building dates to the late-18th or early-19th century, and is a two-story, frame building sheathed in weatherboard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galveston and Ray.
Galveston
Hamlet
Galveston is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Galveston is situated 2½ miles southwest of Gretna.
Ray
Hamlet
Ray is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ray is situated 3 miles east of Gretna.
Pickerel
Hamlet
Pickerel is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Pickerel is situated 3½ miles northwest of Gretna.
Gretna
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.95214° or 36° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
-79.3609° or 79° 21′ 39″ westPopulation
1,210Elevation
840 feet (256 metres)United Nations Location Code
US GZROpen location code
8782XJ2Q+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 158582822OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gretna” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غريتنا”
- Basque: “Gretna”
- Catalan: “Gretna”
- Cebuano: “Gretna”
- Chechen: “Гретна”
- Chinese: “Gretna”
- Dutch: “Gretna”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جريتنا”
- French: “Gretna”
- German: “Gretna”
- Gilaki: “گرنتنا (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “گرنتنا”
- Haitian: “Gretna, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Gretna”
- Hungarian: “Gretna”
- Italian: “Gretna”
- Ladin: “Gretna”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gretna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gretna”
- Norwegian: “Gretna”
- Polish: “Gretna”
- Portuguese: “Gretna”
- Russian: “Гретна (Виргиния)”
- Russian: “Гретна”
- Serbian: “Гретна”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gretna, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gretna”
- Spanish: “Gretna (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Gretna”
- Swedish: “Gretna, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Gretna”
- Tatar: “Гретна”
- Ukrainian: “Гретна”
- Uzbek: “Gretna”
- Uzbek: “Гретна”
- Volapük: “Gretna”
- Welsh: “Gretna, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Gretna”
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