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Campbell County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- General William Campbell
- Seat
- Rustburg
- Largest town
- Altavista
- Total
- 507 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Land
- 504 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 55,629
- Density
- 110/sq mi (42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .co .campbell .va .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Rustburg
- Capital
- Rustburg
- Population
- 55696
- Area
- 1314
- Shares border with
- Bedford County
- Official website
- www.co.campbell.va.us
- Image
- Campbell County VA courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 23157
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Campbell County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Campbell County, Virginia
- Commons category
- Campbell County, Virginia
- inception
- 1782-00-00
- different from
- Campbell County
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Campbell County
- per capita income
- 28173
- P12749
- Hubert Ritter
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Encyclopedic overview
Campbell County is a United States county situated in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the Piedmont region of Virginia, Campbell borders the Blue Ridge Mountains. At the 2020 census, the county population was 55,696. The number of residents has grown steadily in every census after 1930, and the total population has more than doubled since that time. The county seat is Rustburg.
Grounded on a tobacco cash crop economy, Campbell County was created in 1782 from part of Bedford County. The county was named in honor of General William Campbell, hero of the American Revolutionary War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Campbell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.