Mattaponi is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in King and Queen County,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

, United States. The main roads in Mattaponi are SR 33 and SR 605.

Etymology

The town is named after the

Mattaponi The Mattaponi () tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reserva ...

Powhatan tribe, which has a reservation in the county.

References

Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in King and Queen County, Virginia {{KingQueenCountyVA-geo-stub