Banister River

{{Short description|Stream in Virginia, USA}} {{distinguish|text=the Bannister River in Western Australia}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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The '''Banister River''' is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on Brier Mountain in western Pittsylvania County and flows generally eastwardly into Halifax County, past the town of Halifax. It joins the Dan River 6 mi (9.7 km) east of the town of South Boston.

In Pittsylvania County the Banister collects the Stinking River.

==Variant names== According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:<ref>{{Gnis|980270|Ararat River}}</ref> * Bannister River

==See also== *List of Virginia rivers

==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.bartleby.com/69/70/B01770.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] *DeLorme (2005). ''Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-326-5}}. *{{Gnis|1462763}}

Category:Rivers of Virginia Category:Rivers of Halifax County, Virginia Category:Rivers of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Category:Tributaries of the Roanoke River