Breaks is a small

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and

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(CDP) mostly in Buchanan County,

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, United States. A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the

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border and is east of

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. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 144. It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator

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called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the

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campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.

Demographics

Breaks has a population of 377 people who are all white with 64.1% who are married, 34% married with children and 18.9% have children but are single.

Attractions

* Russell Fork, a popular whitewater rafting stream * Willowbrook Country Club, a 9-hole golf course

References

Census-designated places in Buchanan County, Virginia Census-designated places in Dickenson County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Buchanan County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Dickenson County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{DickensonCountyVA-geo-stub