Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Hanover
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Steve Trivett
- Town manager
- Joshua Farrar
- Total
- 7.23 sq mi (18.7 km )
- Land
- 7.20 sq mi (18.6 km )
- Water
- 0.03 sq mi (0.078 km )
- Elevation
- 213 ft (65 m)
- Density
- 1,000/sq mi (390/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 51-03368
- Website
- ashlandva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ashland, VA - Official Website | Official Website
town.ashland.va.us →Link to the official site · 476 chars · not written by Vinony
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,565, up from 7,225 at the 2010 census.
Ashland is named after the Lexington, Kentucky estate of Hanover County native and statesman Henry Clay. It is the only incorporated town in Hanover County. Although comprising only one square mile when originally incorporated in 1858, today Ashland has grown through several annexations to a size of 7.16 square miles (18.5 km).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.