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Appomattox County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Appomattox River
- Seat
- Appomattox
- Largest town
- Appomattox
- Total
- 335 sq mi (870 km )
- Land
- 333 sq mi (860 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,172
- Density
- 48.4/sq mi (18.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .appomattoxcountyva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Appomattox River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Appomattox
- Capital
- Appomattox
- Population
- 16119
- Area
- 864
- Shares border with
- Amherst County
- Official website
- www.appomattoxcountyva.gov
- Image
- New Appomattox Court House.jpg
- Households
- 6158
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- topic's main category
- Category:Appomattox County, Virginia
- Commons category
- Appomattox County, Virginia
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Appomattox County, Virginia
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Appomattox County
- per capita income
- 27889
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Appomattox County (/ˌæpəˈmætəks/ A-pə-MA-təks) is a United States county located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area, and its county seat is the town of Appomattox.
Appomattox County was created in 1845 from parts of four other Virginia counties. The name of the county comes from the Appamatuck Indians, who lived in the area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,119.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Appomattox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.