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Sussex County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Sussex , England
- Seat
- Sussex
- Largest town
- Waverly
- Total
- 493 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 490 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,755
- Density
- 22/sq mi (8.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .sussexcountyva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sussex
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Sussex
- Capital
- Sussex
- Population
- 10829
- Area
- 1276
- Shares border with
- Dinwiddie County
- Official website
- www.sussexcountyva.gov
- Image
- Sussex County Courthouse (Built 1828), Sussex, Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 3792
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- Commons category
- Sussex County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Sussex County, Virginia
- inception
- 1754-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sussex County, Virginia
- different from
- Sussex County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Sussex County
- per capita income
- 24391
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sussex County is a rural county located in the southeast of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,829. Its county seat is Sussex. It was formed in 1754 from Surry County. The county is named after the county of Sussex, England.
Sussex County is included in the Greater Richmond Region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sussex County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.