Dinwiddie County
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county in Virginia, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in VA.
It is catalogued under topics including 1752 establishments in the Colony of Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Greater Richmond Region.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Robert Dinwiddie
- Seat
- Dinwiddie
- Largest town
- McKenney
- Total
- 507 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Land
- 504 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,896
- Density
- 55.5/sq mi (21.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .dinwiddieva .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Robert Dinwiddie
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Dinwiddie
- Population
- 27947
- Area
- 1313
- Shares border with
- Amelia County
- Official website
- www.dinwiddieva.us
- Image
- DinwiddieCountyCourthouse 9855.jpg
- Households
- 10403
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- Commons category
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- inception
- 1752-05-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Dinwiddie County
- per capita income
- 30351
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Encyclopedic overview
Dinwiddie County is a largely rural United States county located in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dinwiddie forms part of the Greater Richmond metropolitan statistical area, and as of the 2020 census, the county's population was 27,947. The county seat is the small town of Dinwiddie, which shares the county's name.
The county was established in 1752 from part of Prince George County and was named in honor of Robert Dinwiddie, the de facto head of the Virginia colony at the time. Agriculture has historically played an important role in the county's economy. Dinwiddie's close proximity to the city of Petersburg and its railroad lines led to the county hosting six notable Civil War battles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dinwiddie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.