<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pittsylvania County, Virginia</span>

Pittsylvania County, Virginia

<p><b>Pittsylvania County</b> is a <a href="/en/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)" class="wl">county</a> located in the <a href="/en/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. state)" class="wl">Commonwealth</a> of <a href="/en/Virginia" title="Virginia" class="wl">Virginia</a>. As of the <a href="/en/2020_United_States_Census" title="2020 United States Census" class="mw-redirect wl">2020 United States Census</a>, the population was 60,501.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> <a href="/en/Chatham,_Virginia" title="Chatham, Virginia" class="wl">Chatham</a> is the <a href="/en/County_seat" title="County seat" class="wl">county seat</a>.</p>

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<div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span><a href="/en/File:Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia_seal.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Official seal of Pittsylvania County" data-hash="File:Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia_seal.png"><img loading="lazy"alt="Official seal of Pittsylvania County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png/100px-Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" data-file-type="bitmap" height="100" width="100" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png/150px-Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png/200px-Pittsylvania_County%2C_Virginia_seal.png 2x"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Location within the U.S. state of Virginia" data-hash="File:Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Map of Virginia highlighting Pittsylvania County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="7486" data-file-height="3247" data-file-type="drawing" height="130" width="300" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Pittsylvania_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia&amp;params=36.82_N_79.4_W_type:city(60501)" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">36°49′N</span> <span class="longitude">79°24′W</span></span></span></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" data-file-type="drawing" height="12" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_Virginia.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="462" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/Virginia" title="Virginia" class="wl">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1767</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Namesake" title="Namesake" class="wl">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham" class="wl">William Pitt</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/County_seat" title="County seat" class="wl">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Chatham,_Virginia" title="Chatham, Virginia" class="wl">Chatham</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest town</th><td class="infobox-data">Chatham</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">978<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (2,530<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Land</th><td class="infobox-data">969<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (2,510<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Water</th><td class="infobox-data">9<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (20<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>) <span>&nbsp;</span>0.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span></span>(<a href="/en/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census" class="wl">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">60,501</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Time_zone" title="Time zone" class="wl">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/UTC−5" title="UTC−5" class="mw-redirect wl">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/en/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone" class="wl">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Summer (<a href="/en/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time" class="wl">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/UTC−4" title="UTC−4" class="mw-redirect wl">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/en/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone" class="wl">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Virginia's_5th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 5th congressional district" class="wl">5th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.pittsylvaniacountyva.gov" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.pittsylvaniacountyva<wbr>.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>Pittsylvania County is included in the <a href="/en/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia" class="wl">Danville</a>, VA <a href="/en/Danville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Danville, Virginia micropolitan area" class="wl">Micropolitan Statistical Area</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

<p>The largest undeveloped <a href="/en/Uranium" title="Uranium" class="wl">uranium</a> deposit in the United States (7th largest in the world) is located in Pittsylvania County.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> (see <i><a href="/en/Uranium_mining_in_the_United_States#Virginia" title="Uranium mining in the United States" class="wl">Uranium mining in Virginia</a></i>.)</p>



Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 60,501. Chatham is the county seat. Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The largest undeveloped uranium deposit in the United States is located in Pittsylvania County.  