Mechanicsburg is an

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and

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(CDP) in Bland County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 81. The CDP is in eastern Bland County, along

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, which leads west-southwest to Bland, the

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, and northeast to Pearisburg.

References

Populated places in Bland County, Virginia Census-designated places in Bland County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia {{BlandCountyVA-geo-stub