Breaks, Virginia

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Breaks, Virginia
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 37°17′45″N82°16′52″W / 37.29583°N 82.28111°W / 37.29583; -82.28111
Country United States
State Virginia
Counties Buchanan
Dickenson
Elevation
1,476 ft (450 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total144
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
FIPS code 51-09400
GNIS feature ID 1494190

Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. [1] A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks. [2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 144. [3]

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It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

Breaks has a population of 377 people who are all white with 64.1% who are married, 34% married with children and 18.9% have children but are single. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breaks
  2. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Breaks CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bestplaces". Archived from the original on October 24, 2020.


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