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	Virden Oil Capitals Players Virden may refer to: People Claude Virden (born 1947), American basketball player Places Canada Virden, Manitoba United States Virden, Illinois Virden Township, Illinois Virden, New Mexico Virden is a village in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 152 at the 2010 census. History Known as Richmond prior to 1916, the area was originally owned by the New Mexico Mining Company, and was the location of a stam ... Virden-Patton House, historic house in Mississippi {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Claude Virden Claude Felton Virden (born November 25, 1947) is an American former basketball player from Akron, Ohio. Career Virden played college basketball for Murray State University. Virden was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1970 NBA draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft. After a stint in the United States Army, Virden signed with the Kentucky Colonels. Virden played for part of the 1972–73 season for the Colonels, averaging 9.9 points per game as the team made it to the ABA Finals before losing the championship to the Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ... 4 games to 3. A knee injury ended Virden's season. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Virden, Manitoba Virden is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba". History Virden has its roots as a farming community known as Gopher Creek. However, it became a railway tent town in 1882, and grew in population due to the brick and flour industry, as well as with the discovery of oil in the 1950s. The origin of the name, Virden, allegedly arose as a misspelling of the German town Verden in the homeland of the 7th Duke of Manchester's wife, Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Geography The town is located at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway (also known as Highway #1) and Highway 83 (the "Palms to Pines" route) and is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth. Virden is a regional service centre owing in part to its location, and it has a stable commercial sector, including several restaurants, gas stations, body shops, a movie theatre, and a perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Virden, Illinois Virden is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, Macoupin and Sangamon County, Illinois, Sangamon counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 3,231 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Macoupin County portion of Virden is part of Greater St. Louis, while the Sangamon County portion is part of the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area. Virden was the scene of an Battle of Virden, 1898 coal miners' strike, during which Mary Harris Jones, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones played a major role. History Virden sits atop a large seam of coal. After the 1850s, when the Alton Railroad, Chicago and Alton Railroad was completed, it became possible to mine Virden coal and ship it long distances for a profit. Throughout the second half of the 1800s, Virden prospered and grew as a coal-mining town. A bitter coal strike broke out in 1898. The Chicago-Virden Coal Company, fearing loss of key business in Chicago, refused to allow its Virden mines to be trade union, unionize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Virden Township, Illinois Virden may refer to: People Claude Virden (born 1947), American basketball player Places Canada Virden, Manitoba United States Virden, Illinois Virden Township, Illinois Virden, New Mexico Virden is a village in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 152 at the 2010 census. History Known as Richmond prior to 1916, the area was originally owned by the New Mexico Mining Company, and was the location of a stam ... Virden-Patton House, historic house in Mississippi {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Virden, New Mexico Virden is a village in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 152 at the 2010 census. History Known as Richmond prior to 1916, the area was originally owned by the New Mexico Mining Company, and was the location of a stamp mill for the silver ore mined in nearby Ralston. After the mine was closed, the site was sold in 1916 to Mormons who had left the Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution. The Mormons renamed the village after the rancher who sold them the land. Geography Virden is located near the northern end of Hidalgo County on the north bank of the Gila River. New Mexico State Road 92 passes through the village, leading northwest to Duncan, Arizona, and south seven miles to its terminus at U.S. Route 70. Lordsburg, the Hidalgo County seat, is southeast of Virden via US 70. According to the United States Census Bureau, Virden has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 143 people, 48 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]