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Dillwyn is located in east-central Buckingham County at (37.541658, −78.458869 U.S. Route 15 passes through the town, leading south 2 miles (3 km) to U.S. Route 60 and 23 miles (37 km) to Farmville, and north 37 miles (60 km) to Interstate 64 east of Charlottesville.
Location of Buckingham County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Buckingham County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Locust Grove is located almost a mile off of Virginia Route 626 near Buckingham County's border with Cumberland County. It sits on farm and scrub land at the end of a long dirt road, and is approached from the north. The building itself stands on the edge of a hill facing Payne Creek. [3] It is highly isolated from the surrounding community.
The state highway heads north as the two-lane undivided Constitution Route, which passes through the hamlet of Allenslevel, the site of Buckingham Correctional Center. SR 20 crosses the Slate River and passes through the community of Centenary on its way through northwestern Buckingham County to its crossing of the James River.
Buckingham County is rural and heavily forested. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 584 square miles (1,510 km 2), of which 580 square miles (1,500 km 2) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km 2) (0.7%) is water. [9] The geographic center of Virginia is located in Buckingham County, near the Mt. Rush community.
U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Walterboro, South Carolina, to Painted Post, New York.In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs 230.37 miles (370.74 km) from the North Carolina state line near Clarksville north to the Maryland state line at the Potomac River near Lucketts.
Buckingham is a census-designated place (CDP; listed as Buckingham Courthouse) in and the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. [3] The population as of the 2010 Census was 133. [4] The town of Buckingham was established in 1818, and originally named Maysville, before the name was changed to that of the county.
Willis Mountain is a monadnock rising from the rolling Piedmont hills of Buckingham County, Virginia, near the geographic center of the state. It is composed of Kyanite-bearing quartz that weathers more slowly than the surrounding material. [1]