Dinwiddie County, Virginia
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About Dinwiddie County
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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Facts
Dinwiddie County at a glance
- County seat
- Dinwiddie
- Population
- 27,947 (2020)
- Land area
- 507 sq mi
- Founded
- 1752
Communities
Largest communities in Dinwiddie County
- Dinwiddie County seatpopulation 619
- McKenneypopulation 457
History
History of Dinwiddie County
The first inhabitants of the area were Paleo-Indians, prior to 8000 BC. They are believed to have been nomadic hunter-gatherers following animal migrations. Early stone tools have been discovered in various fields within the county. At the time of European contact, Native Americans made their homes in the region. Dinwiddie County was formed May 1, 1752, from Prince George County. The county is named for Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1751–1758. The county raised several militia units that would fight in the American Revolution, and founding father John Banister was born here. Dinwiddie County was the birthplace of Elizabeth (Burwell) Hobbs Keckly, a free black dressmaker who worked for two presidents' wives: Mrs. Jefferson Davis and later Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas Day was also a native; he was well known later at Milton, North Carolina, as a free black cabinetmaker.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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