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Sussex County

 

Location

Sussex County is located in south-central Virginia.  This 496 square mile community is bisected by Interstate 95 and is strategically positioned between the Richmond-Petersburg and Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News metropolitan areas.

 

Sussex County is 45 miles south of Richmond, and 150 miles south of Washington, D.C.  The Port of Hampton Roads is 50 miles east.

 

Population

 

Major Employers

Manufacturing
Waverly Hardwoods, Inc.
Nevamar Company

Nonmanufacturing
Carroll Foods of Virginia, Inc.
Virginia Department of Corrections