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BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, situated toward the southeast part of Virginia, on the southerly side of James river. Length, 34 ms.; mean width 20; with an area of 680 square miles. The face of the country is rocky and hilly, the soil generally good. Seat of justice, Maysville. Pop. in 1820, 17,582; in 1830, 18,351; in 1840, 18,786; in 1850, 13,837. (Fanning's, 1853)
