Prestwould
Prestwould is a historic house near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia was built for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family from his Elm Hill Plantation to Prestwould in 1797.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clarksville and Lake Country.
Clarksville
Town
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Clarksville is a town in Mecklenburg county in the U.S. state of Virginia, near the southern border of the commonwealth. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. Clarksville is situated 2 miles south of Prestwould.
Lake Country
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The Lake Country of southern Central Virginia surrounds the John H. Kerr Reservoir, colloquially known as "Buggs Island Lake" in Virginia and "Kerr Lake" in North Carolina.
Buffalo Junction
Hamlet
Buffalo Junction is an unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. Buffalo Junction is located on Virginia State Route 49, 4.4 miles west-southwest of Clarksville. Buffalo Junction is situated 5 miles southwest of Prestwould.
Prestwould
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Categories: plantation and locality
- Location: Mecklenburg County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.6532° or 36° 39′ 12″ northLongitude
-78.56639° or 78° 33′ 59″ westElevation
390 feet (119 metres)Open location code
8783MC3M+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 158262091OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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