Clover, Virginia

Clover is a census-designated place (CDP) in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 438.^[1] Clover was an incorporated town from 1895 until 1998, when it reverted to unincorporated status.

Clover is located at 36°49′58″N 78°44′00″W / 36.83278°N 78.7333333°W / 36.83278; -78.7333333 ^[2].

Notable natives

• J. Steven Griles (b. 1947), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior in the George W. Bush administration (2001–04), coal lobbyist, implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandal^[3]
• Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951), source of the HeLa cell line,^[4] subject of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010)
• Willie Lanier (b. 1945), Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker for Kansas City Chiefs
• Luther Hilton Foster, President of Virginia Normal and Industrial School, now Virginia State University, 1942–1949, graduate and employee of Saint Paul's College then Saint Paul's Polytechnic, and next employee at Virginia Normal and Industrial School; son and namesake President of Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University^[5]
• Grant S. Williams Sr, Tuskegee Airman^[6]

References

1. ^ Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data). Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-06-08.
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "Prison Time Is Urged for Griles", Washington Post, June 16, 2007
4. ^ Smith, Van (April 17, 2002). "The Life, Death, and Life After Death of Henrietta Lacks, Unwitting Heroine of Modern Medical Science.". Baltimore City Paper. http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3426. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
5. ^ A Guide to the Papers of Luther Hilton Foster, 1928–1949
6. ^ Tuskegee Airmen: Fighting a Two-Front War

• United States Geological Survey (2006). "Clover". Retrieved 9 February 2006.