Editing Alberta, Virginia (section)

==History==
For much of the 20th century, Alberta marked the junction of two railroad mainlines. The [[Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad]] from [[Petersburg, Virginia]] to Ridgeway Junction (today [[Norlina, North Carolina]]) was completed in 1900, at which point it was merged into the [[Seaboard Air Line]] (SAL).<ref>{{cite book | last1=Griffin | first1=William E. Jr. | last2=Dixon | first2=Thomas W. Jr. |title=Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Old Dominion |date=2010 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc |location=Forest, Virginia |isbn=9780939487974 |pages=79–87}}</ref> By 1914, the population of Alberta was estimate by the railroad to be somewhere around 100.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Freight Traffic Department, Seaboard Air Line Railway |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway Shippers Guide |date=1914 |publisher=Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company |location=New York City |page=161 |edition=1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/seaboardairliner1914seab/page/8/mode/2up |access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> The Seaboard line (dubbed the "S-line" after later mergers) continued to operate into the 1980s, and today Alberta is along the abandoned portion of the CSX [[Norlina Subdivision]]. The [[Virginian Railway]] opened in 1907 from [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] to [[Victoria, Virginia]], passing through Alberta (with through-service from the coalfields of Appalachia starting in 1909). The Virginian continued in use until it was gradually abandoned following a merger with [[Norfolk and Western]] in the later half of the 20th century.

[[Hobson's Choice (Alberta, Virginia)|Hobson's Choice]] and [[Rocky Run Methodist Church]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>