Dinwiddie County, Virginia

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Dinwiddie County, Virginia is a historic rural county in south-central Virginia, known as the birthplace of U.S. Army General Winfield Scott and as a significant Civil War battleground area.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
county in Virginia
birthplaceOf Winfield Scott
borders Brunswick County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Chesterfield County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Nottoway County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Petersburg, Virginia NERFINISHED
Prince George County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Sussex County, Virginia NERFINISHED
contains Carson, Virginia NERFINISHED
Church Road, Virginia
Dinwiddie Court House
Five Forks, Virginia
Fort Pickett portions (historical association)
McKenney, Virginia
Sutherland, Virginia NERFINISHED
Wilson, Virginia NERFINISHED
country United States
countySeat Dinwiddie, Virginia
fipsCode 51053
governmentType county government
hasAreaType land and water
hasHistoricEvent Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
Battle of Five Forks NERFINISHED
Petersburg Campaign operations
hasMajorHighway Interstate 85 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 301 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED
Virginia State Route 40
Virginia State Route 703
isHistoric true
isRural true
knownFor American Civil War battlefields
birthplace of Winfield Scott
locatedIn Southside Virginia
Virginia
south-central Virginia
namedAfter Robert Dinwiddie
partOf American Civil War Eastern Theater
Petersburg, Virginia metropolitan area
region Coastal Plain (partly)
Piedmont (partly)
seat Dinwiddie
state Virginia
subdivisionOf Commonwealth of Virginia
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone


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