Editing Narrows, Virginia (section)

==History==
Settled as early as 1778, a post office was opened in 1873 and the town was incorporated in 1904.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tennis |first1=Joe |title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads |date=2004 |publisher=The Overmountain Press |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |isbn=1-57072-256-0 |page=124 }}</ref>

From 1946–1950, the [[New River Rebels]] were a [[minor league baseball]] team representing Narrows and [[Pearisburg, Virginia]] . The New River Rebels were a member of the Class D [[Appalachian League]] from 1946–1950. The Rebels captured Appalachian League Championships in 1946 and 1947. The New River Rebels were an affiliate of the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1946 and played at Ragsdale Field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-1812|title=Ragsdale Field in Narrows, VA history and teams on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref>

On December 22, 1996, [[Airborne Express Flight 827]] crashed in Narrows, killing all six people on board.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=July 15, 1997 |title=Uncontrolled Flight into Terrain, ABX Air (Airborne Express) Douglas DC-8-63, N827AX, Narrows, Virginia, December 22, 1996 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9705.pdf |access-date=September 5, 2019 |website=ntsb.gov |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-97/05}}</ref>

The [[Narrows Commercial Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2014.