Willis River Number Nine Dam

Willis River Number Nine Dam is a dam in Buckingham, Virginia. Willis River Number Nine Dam is situated near the hamlet Rosney.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Grace Church.

Grace Church

Church

Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grace Church is an Episcopal church in Cumberland County, Virginia. Designed by Dabney Cosby, a former assistant to Thomas Jefferson, it is the only substantial building remaining from the former community of Ca Ira, once a major tobacco exporting point on the Willis River, a tributary of the James River. Grace Church is situated 2½ miles east of Willis River Number Nine Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosney and Union Hill.

Rosney

Hamlet

Rosney is an unincorporated community in Buckingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Rosney is situated 3½ miles northwest of Willis River Number Nine Dam.

Union Hill

Hamlet

Union Hill is an unincorporated community in central Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, that was founded by freedmen after the Civil War. This community is one of many Virginia-based freedman's towns, or freetowns, as they are known in the Piedmont region of Virginia. Union Hill is situated 4½ miles northeast of Willis River Number Nine Dam.

Hawk

Hamlet

Hawk is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Hawk is situated 5 miles south of Willis River Number Nine Dam.

Willis River Number Nine Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States of America
Location: Buckingham, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.48237° or 37° 28′ 57″ north

Longitude

-78.37191° or 78° 22′ 19″ west

Elevation

364 feet (111 metres)

Open location code

8793FJJH+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356576533

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4793927

Wikidata ID

Q49003536

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“Willis River Number Nine Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Willis River Number Nine Dam”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Guinea Mills and McRae.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dillwyn Facility and Buckingham Substation.

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Worth a closer look: Richmond and Arlington.

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