Blackwater,_Lee_County,_Virginia

Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia

Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia

Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Blackwater is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States, along Virginia State Route 70 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Jonesville. Its ZIP code is 24221.[2][3]

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History

A post office was established as Black Water in 1874.[4] The community was named from Blackwater Creek.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Blackwater". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  5. [5]
    Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.


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