Appomattox County, Virginia

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administrative territorial entity county

Appomattox County, Virginia is a rural county in central Virginia best known as the site of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderedBy	Amherst County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Buckingham County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Campbell County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Charlotte County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Nelson County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Prince Edward County, Virginia NERFINISHED →
contains	Appomattox Court House → Appomattox Court House National Historical Park → Pamplin City, Virginia → Town of Appomattox →
country	United States of America →
countySeat	Appomattox, Virginia →
eventLocation	Appomattox Campaign → surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia →
federalGovernment	United States federal government NERFINISHED →
FIPSCode	51XXX →
governingBody	Appomattox County Board of Supervisors →
hasAreaCode	434 →
hasEconomyType	agricultural → forestry → heritage tourism →
hasGNISFeatureID	1497470 →
hasHistoricSignificance	American Civil War history →
hasHistoricSite	Appomattox Station → McLean House →
hasMajorHighway	U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED → Virginia State Route 131 → Virginia State Route 24 → Virginia State Route 26 → Virginia State Route 47 →
hasNationalPark	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasPostalCodeType	ZIP code →
hasTimeZone	UTC−05:00 →
hasTimeZoneDST	UTC−04:00 →
isPartOf	Piedmont region of Virginia →
isRural	true →
knownFor	location of the effective end of the American Civil War → site of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant →
locatedIn	Virginia → central Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Appomattox River →
partOf	Commonwealth of Virginia →
seatOfGovernment	Appomattox, Virginia →
state	Virginia →
stateGovernment	Government of Virginia →
subdivisionType	county →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amherst County, Virginia →	adjacentTo
Appomattox Court House, Virginia →	locatedIn