Ford, Virginia

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Ford, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°08′58″N77°44′08″W / 37.14944°N 77.73556°W / 37.14944; -77.73556 Coordinates: 37°08′58″N77°44′08″W / 37.14944°N 77.73556°W / 37.14944; -77.73556
Country United States
State Virginia
County Dinwiddie
Elevation 308 ft (94 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 23850
Area code(s) 804
GNIS feature ID 1466754 [1]

Ford is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. Ford is located on U.S. Route 460 19.2 miles (30.9 km) west-southwest of Petersburg. This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway. [2]

Dinwiddie County, Virginia County in the United States

Dinwiddie County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,001. Its county seat is Dinwiddie.

Virginia State of the United States of America

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as the first English colonial possession established in mainland North America and "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there, more than any other state. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population as of 2018 is over 8.5 million.

U.S. Route 460 highway in the United States

U.S. Route 460 is a spur of U.S. Route 60. It currently runs for 655 miles (1,054 km) from Norfolk, Virginia, at U.S. Route 60 at Ocean View to Frankfort, Kentucky, at U.S. Route 60. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and to Frankfort, Kentucky, the state capital. It goes through the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Blacksburg, Tazewell, and Grundy, in Virginia; Princeton and Bluefield in West Virginia; and Pikeville, and Frankfort, Kentucky.

Ford has a post office with ZIP code 23850. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ford". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Bright, David L. (2015). "Confederate Railroads - South Side". Confederate Railroads. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.


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