South Boston, formerly Boyd's Ferry,[4] is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.

On December 8, 1796, the Virginia General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for Boston, Massachusetts.

Because this site proved vulnerable to flooding, it was eventually abandoned in favor of a new settlement on the north side.

By the 1850s the Richmond and Danville Railroad passed through South Boston, which eventually developed into an important market for brightleaf tobacco.

Within the town limits Berry Hill Plantation, E. L. Evans House, Reedy Creek Site, South Boston Historic District, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was held in Richmond until 1984, when it was canceled due to rising production costs and decreased interest.

[8][9] South Boston was the second largest producer of tobacco in the United States until the Great Depression.