Buckingham, Virginia
Buckingham is a census-designated place (CDP; listed as Buckingham Courthouse) in and the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia, United States.[1] The population as of the 2010 Census was 133.[2]
The town of Buckingham was established in 1818, and originally named Maysville, before the name was changed to that of the county.
The second courthouse, built between 1822 and 1824, was designed by Thomas Jefferson, but burned down in 1869. The current courthouse was completed on the same site in 1873.
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[edit] Education
Buckingham Primary School (Kindergarten to 4th Grade) and Buckingham County High School (9th Grade to 12th Grade) are located in Buckingham. The new Buckingham County Middle School (6th Grade to 8th Grade) is located down the road from the High School. Dillwyn Primary School (Kindergarten to 3rd Grade). Dillwyn Elementary School (4th-5th grade) The two Dillwyn Schools are located in the town of Dillwyn, which is in the county of Buckingham, Virginia. Gold Hill Elementary School (Kindergarten-5th Grade). Gold Hill is located in Arvonia, Virginia in the northern part of Buckingham County, Virginia.
[edit] Notable residents
- Archibald Austin, (1772-1837), born in Buckingham, United States Congressman from Virginia[3]
- Thomas S. Bocock, (1815-1891) United States and Confederate States congressman and lawyer, Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives
- Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950), born in Buckingham, was an African American historian, author, journalist, the "Father of Black History," and founder of American Black History Month.
[edit] Google Trends
Although it has a population of only 133 it leads the nation in searches for "granny porn", "midget porn", and the search terms "how to make meth" over the past 12 months, which given the number of searches per population outnumbers any other cities 20 to 1
http://www.google.com/trends?q=how+to+make+meth&geo=usa&sa=N http://www.google.com/trends?q=midget+porn&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=ytd&sort=0 http://www.google.com/trends?q=how+to+make+meth&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=ytd&sort=0
[edit] References
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data). Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-06-08.
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
[edit] External links
- Smithsonian magazine article on the original courthouse
- Buckingham, Virginia at the Open Directory Project
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Coordinates: 37°33′0.5″N 78°33′19.9″W / 37.550139°N 78.555528°W
