Spotsylvania Courthouse
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census designated place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Spotsylvania
- Total
- 10.8 sq mi (28.0 km )
- Land
- 10.7 sq mi (27.8 km )
- Water
- 0.077 sq mi (0.2 km )
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Density
- 523/sq mi (202/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 22551, 22553
- Fips code
- 51-74470
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Spotsylvania County
- Population
- 5610
- Area
- 27.25207
- Elevation
- 91
- Capital of
- Spotsylvania County
- Image
- Spotsylvania County Courthouse (Built 1839), Spotsylvania Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 1641
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- Commons category
- Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.9226
- per capita income
- 34018
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Encyclopedic overview
Spotsylvania Courthouse is a census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP), the population was 5,610 at the 2020 census.
During the American Civil War, the crossroads community became a Union objective during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, fought May 8–21, 1864. The battle, which ended in stalemate, included a brutal 20-hour struggle over a section of the Confederate defenses that became known as the "Bloody Angle". The site of the Bloody Angle and other portions of the battlefield are preserved as part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park and administered by the National Park Service. The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park includes three cemeteries. Over 15,000 Union soldiers, many unidentified, are buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The other two cemeteries are dedicated to fallen Confederate soldiers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spotsylvania Courthouse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.