Varina
Varina is a former unincorporated community and current magisterial district in the easternmost portion of Henrico County, Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Varina, VA” and “Varina, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Harrison National Cemetery and Fort Harrison.
Fort Harrison National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jjmusgrove, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Harrison National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located seven miles south of the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, It encompasses 1.5 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 1,570 interments.
Fort Harrison
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Named after Lieutenant William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, it was the largest in the series of fortifications that extended from New Market Road to the James River that also included Forts Brady, Hoke, Johnson, Gregg, and Gilmer. Fort Harrison is situated 1½ miles southwest of Varina.
Varina Area Library
Library
Photo: Packer1028, CC0.
Varina Area Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Varina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warwick and Lower Rocketts.
Warwick
Hamlet
Warwick was an unincorporated town and port in Chesterfield County, Virginia, located on the navigable portion of the James River about 5 miles south of downtown Richmond, Virginia. Warwick is situated 4 miles west of Varina.
Lower Rocketts
Neighborhood
Lower Rocketts is an unincorporated community in Henrico County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Lower Rocketts is situated 5 miles northwest of Varina.
Bensley
Village
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bensley is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. It is an inner suburb of Richmond. The population was 5,971 at the 2020 census. Bensley is situated 5 miles west of Varina.
Varina
- Categories: town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Henrico, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.44434° or 37° 26′ 40″ northLongitude
-77.35149° or 77° 21′ 5″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
8794CJVX+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 158477501OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Varina” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Varina”
- Dutch: “Varina”
- Haitian: “Varina, Iowa”
- Haitian: “Varina”
- Irish: “Varina”
- Spanish: “Varina”
- Volapük: “Varina”
- Welsh: “Varina, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Varina”
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