Burrowsville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Prince George County Prince George County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,010. Its county seat is Prince George. Prince George County is located within the Greater Richmond Region of the U.S. sta ...

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, United States. It is located on James River Drive. The community takes its name from the Burrow family, who settled in the area during colonial period and many of whose descendants still live in Burrowsville. Burrowsville is the location of Brandon Plantation, and

Upper Brandon Plantation Upper Brandon Plantation is an historic plantation in Prince George County, Virginia on the James River. It was listed as a Virginia Historic Landmark in 1996. History Upper Brandon plantation was part of a 1616 original land patent of 5,000 a ...

, both U.S.

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, as well as the historic Willow Hill Plantation, and

Martin's Brandon Church Martin's Brandon Church, also known as Brandon Church and as Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church, is a historic ECUSA, Episcopal church (building), church located at 18706 Virginia State Route 10, James River Drive in Burrowsville, Virginia. Mar ...

, listed on the

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. Another historic building is the Salem Methodist Church, located near Burrowsville off of

Virginia State Route 10 State Route 10 (SR 10) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 360 (US 360) in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond east to Virginia State Route 337, SR 337 in Suffolk, Virginia, Suffolk. SR 1 ...

. Many well-known people are buried there.

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