Butterworth 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 ...
in
Dinwiddie County,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, United States.
Butterworth is located along a former railroad mainline. The
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, passing through Butterworth from
Petersburg to Ridgeway Junction (today
Norlina, North Carolina
Norlina ( ) is a town in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
...
), was completed in 1900, at which point it was merged into the
Seaboard Air Line
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...
(SAL). By 1914, the population of Butterworth was estimate by the railroad to be somewhere around 400.
The line (dubbed the "S-line" after later mergers) continued to operate until the 1980s, and today Butterworth is along the abandoned portion of the CSX
Norlina Subdivision
The Norlina Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of North Carolina. The line currently runs from Norlina, North Carolina, to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a total of 51.2 miles. At its north end the line com ...
.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
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