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Dinwiddie County


Location
Dinwiddie County, a 502 square mile community, is located in the Appomattox Basin in the southeastern portion of Virginia.  Strategically situated on Interstates 85 and 95, the county is easily accessible to the major markets of the North and the Southern Piedmont Crescent.

Richmond is 25 miles north, and Washington, D.C. is 140 miles north.  The Port of Hampton Roads is 100 miles east.

 

Population

 

Major Employers
Manufacturing
Chaparral Virginia, Inc.
Philip Morris Products, Inc.
Tindall Concrete Company

Nonmanufacturing
Central State Hospital
Wal-Mart, Inc.