Whitehead Dam

Whitehead Dam is a dam in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Whitehead Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Dry Fork, as well as near the locality Woodlawn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chatham High School.

Chatham High School

School

Chatham High School is a public high school in Chatham, Virginia. Average attendance is 650 students per year. Between 2008 and 2010, it was renovated along with other Pittsylvania County schools – Tunstall High School, Dan River High School, and Gretna High School. Chatham High School is situated 4,100 feet north of Whitehead Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dry Fork and Woodlawn.

Dry Fork

Hamlet

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Dry Fork is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. On September 27, 2024, an EF2 tornado tore through the surrounding areas, spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

Woodlawn

Locality

Woodlawn, Pittsylvania County is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Woodlawn is situated 2½ miles north of Whitehead Dam.

Chatham

Town

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Chatham is a town in and county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. Chatham's population was 1,232 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Danville, Virginia metropolitan area. Chatham is situated 3½ miles north of Whitehead Dam.

Whitehead Dam

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

36.77514° or 36° 46′ 31″ north

Longitude

-79.39975° or 79° 23′ 59″ west

Elevation

600 feet (183 metres)

Open location code

8782QJG2+34

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356579427

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4829335

Wikidata ID

Q49003353

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In Other Languages

“Whitehead Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Whitehead Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
Cebuano: “Whitehead Dam”

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