Zuni () is an

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in Isle of Wight County in the

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region of southeastern

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, United States. It also gives its name to the 1000 acre Zuni Pine Preserve, with its associated Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve operated by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCR) and Blackwater Ecological Preserve operated by Old Dominion University in conjunction with the DCR. Zuni sits on the banks of the

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, which separates Isle of Wight County and Southampton County. In addition to a post office, Zuni has a general store, gas station, small engine repair shop and two churches. In the mid-20th century Zuni also had hotels, a bank and other businesses, but suffered severe storm damage during

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in 1999 and the Blackwater River flooded again in 2006.

Geography

Zuni is on U.S. Route 460, southeast of Ivor and northwest of Windsor. Zuni is the closest community to Virginia's only

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facility, known as White Tail Resort, which is technically within Ivor.

Literature

Zuni, Virginia appears as a location in the dystopian novel ''

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'' by Carl Hancock Rux.

References

Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Isle of Wight County, Virginia {{IsleofWightCountyVA-geo-stub