Place:Appomattox, Virginia, United States
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NameAppomattox
Alt namesAppomattoxsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.367°N 78.817°W
Located inVirginia, United States     (1845 - )
See alsoBuckingham, Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Campbell, Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Charlotte, Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Prince Edward, Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Administrative division
Southside Magisterial District
Inhabited place
Appomattox
Beckham
Bent Creek
Bowler
Chap
Evergreen
Flood
Fore Store
Hixburg
Hollywood
Hurtsville
Mineral
Oakville
Old Pilot
Pamplin City
Rose Bower
Spout Spring
Spring Mills
Stonewall Mills
Stonewall
Vera
Unknown
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Appomattox County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is part of the Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is the town of Appomattox.

Appomattox County was created in 1845 from parts of four other Virginia counties. The name of the county comes from the Appamatuck Indians, who lived in the area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,119.

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History

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Appomattox County was formed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Campbell and Charlotte counties. In 1848, another part from Campbell County was added. It was named for the Appomattox River, which in turn was named for the Appamatuck, a historic Native American tribes in Virginia of the Algonquian-speaking Powhatan Confederacy.

Appomattox came to national attention on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee met with Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House to accept Lee's surrender. The surrender of Lee, which effectively ended the American Civil War, took place at the McLean House, home of Wilmer McLean.[1]

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1845 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1892 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1892 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1892 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1892 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 9,193
1860 8,889
1870 8,950
1880 10,080
1890 9,589
1900 9,662
1910 8,904
1920 9,255
1930 8,402
1940 9,020
1950 8,764
1960 9,148
1970 9,784
1980 11,971
1990 12,298
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