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Bedford County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
- Seat
- Bedford
- Largest town
- Bedford
- Total
- 769 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Land
- 753 sq mi (1,950 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 83,059
- Density
- 106/sq mi (40.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 5th , 9th
- Website
- www .bedfordcountyva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Bedford County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is the town of Bedford, which was an independent city from 1968 until rejoining the county in 2013.
Bedford County was created in 1753 from parts of Lunenburg County, and several changes in alignment were made until the present borders were established in 1786. The county was named in honor of John Russell, an English statesman and fourth Duke of Bedford.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bedford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.