Blackstone, formerly named Blacks and Whites, and then Bellefonte, is a town in Nottoway County in the U.S. state of Virginia.

The settlement was founded as the village of "Blacks and Whites", so named after two tavern keepers, before the Revolutionary War.

Its economy thrived as a location for dark-leaf tobacco sales and shipment through its railroad station.

[12] After the fall of Kabul during September 2021, the federal government temporarily housed 5,900 Afghan refugees at the facility.

The buildings and grounds were later used as the Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center (VUMAC), drawing 19,000 visitors a year before closing in 2016.

The Blackstone shopping district (including a Wal-Mart, an outpatient medical center, and a livestock market) attracts customers from a large three-county rural area.

The town received a Main Street designation from the state, and a $1 million downtown revitalization project started in 2008.

Bevell's Hardware, a local business, no longer displays a giant 58' by 20' (17.7 by 6.1 meter) model railroad layout that had attracted thousands of visitors.