Skipwith is an
unincorporated community in old Bluestone Township,
Mecklenburg County,
Virginia, United States. It is located between
Chase City
Chase City is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. Chase City was incorporated in 1873 and named for Salmon P. Chase, United States Chief Justice and Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury. The population was 2,351 at the 2010 censu ...
and
Clarksville, west-northwest of the county seat at
Boydton
Boydton is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, and it is near Kerr Lake.
Geography
Boydton is located at (36.667997, −78.389001).
...
. The community was named for local members of the
Skipwith family, related to colonial Virginia Skipwith families which began arriving from English
baronial estates in the 1650s. The surname Skipwith is derived from
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
"sceap" (sheep) and
Old Norse "vath" (ford or wading place). One ancient Skipwith coat of arms is blazoned "Argent, three bars Gules, in chief a greyhound courant Sable."
History
Red Fox Farm
Red Fox Farm is a historic home and tobacco farm located near Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The house dates to the late-19th century, and is a one-story, two-room-plan frame structure with gable roof. Also on the property are the cont ...
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Geography and climate
Skipwith is located at (36.6943070, −78.4908321).
Skipwith is 139 meters (456 feet) above sea level.
Skipwith lies in the
Piedmont area of Virginia and has a humid sub-tropical climate generalized by hot, humid summers and cool to chilly winters. The average annual rainfall is 42.7 inches with winter-time snowfall averaging 3.5 inches.
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Demographics
The
ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Skipwith
ZIP Code, 23968, had an estimated population of 912 in the year 2000, and rose to 1,057 in the year 2010.
Education
Skipwith is the site of the
Bluestone High School
Bluestone High School was a public high school in Skipwith, Virginia, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Mecklenburg County. It was part of the Mecklenburg County Public Schools and, according to the plaque in the school lobby, officially opened on ...
"Barons" (1955-2022) and the Bluestone Middle School "Trojans."
References
Sources
* https://www.census.gov/census2000/states/va.html
* http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Feature Detail Report for Skipwith
External links
Bluestone Middle School Skipwith
Bluestone Senior High School Skipwith
{{Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Mecklenburg County, Virginia