Amelia County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Princess Amelia
- Seat
- Amelia Court House
- Total
- 359 sq mi (930 km )
- Land
- 355 sq mi (920 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,632
- Density
- 37.4/sq mi (14.4/km )
- Demonym s
- Amelian, Amellianaire
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 23002, 23083, 23105
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- va-ameliacounty .civicplus .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Amelia County is a county located just southwest of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The county is located in Central Virginia and is included in the Greater Richmond Region. Its county seat is Amelia Court House.
Amelia County was created in 1735 from parts of Prince George and Brunswick counties and was named in honor of Princess Amelia of Great Britain. Parts of the county were later carved out to create Prince Edward and Nottoway counties.