South Boston, Virginia

South Boston population, 2020 to 2024

South Boston lost 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so South Boston is 47% of it.

South Boston covers 13.06 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 597 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so South Boston is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Boston is in

All of South Boston's residents live in Halifax County, which had 33,448 residents in 2024. South Boston holds 23.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Boston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Boston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24592. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where South Boston is

The Census internal point of South Boston is at 36.711800, -78.913400. Richmond, the capital, is 99.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roxboro, NC (8,289 people), 22.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 50.7 miles away.

Daylight in South Boston

At 36.71° N, South Boston gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Boston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Halifax, 3.5 miles away, with 1,090 people.