Campbell County, Virginia

Campbell County
County
Campbell County Courthouse in Rustburg
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Location within the U.S. state of Virginia
Virginia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°13′N 79°05′W / 37.21°N 79.09°W / 37.21; -79.09
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Founded	1782
Named for	General William Campbell
Seat	Rustburg
Largest town	Altavista
Area
• Total	507 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Land	504 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Water	3.5 sq mi (9 km2)  0.7%
Population  (2020)
• Total	55,696
• Density	110/sq mi (42/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	www.co.campbell.va.us

Campbell County is a United States county situated in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the Piedmont region of Virginia, Campbell borders the Blue Ridge Mountains. The county seat is Rustburg.^[1]

Grounded on a tobacco cash crop economy, Campbell County was created in 1782 from part of Bedford County. The county was named in honor of General William Campbell, hero of the American Revolutionary War.

Campbell County is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the county population was 55,696.^[2] The number of residents has grown steadily in every census after 1930, and the total population has more than doubled since that time.^[3]

Lynchburg was established in Campbell County in 1786, incorporated as a town in 1805, and separated from Campbell County when it became an independent city in 1852. Lynchburg has annexed additional land from Bedford County and Campbell County through the years, most recently in 1976.