Butterworth, Virginia

Butterworth is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.[1][2]

Butterworth, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Butterworth is located in Virginia
Butterworth
Butterworth
Butterworth is located in the United States
Butterworth
Butterworth
Coordinates: 37°03′05″N 77°37′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyDinwiddie
Elevation
243 ft (74 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code804
GNIS feature ID1477164[1]

Butterworth is located along a former railroad mainline. The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, passing through Butterworth from Petersburg, Virginia to Ridgeway Junction (today Norlina, North Carolina), was completed in 1900, at which point it was merged into the Seaboard Air Line (SAL).[3] By 1914, the population of Butterworth was estimate by the railroad to be somewhere around 400.[4] 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.

Notes
  1. "Butterworth, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Virginia Department of Transportation-Dinwiddie County
  3. Griffin, Jr., William E.; Dixon, Jr., Thomas W. (2010). Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Old Dominion. Forest, Virginia: TLC Publishing Inc. pp. 79–87. ISBN 9780939487974.
  4. Freight Traffic Department, Seaboard Air Line Railway (1914). Seaboard Air Line Railway Shippers Guide (1914 ed.). New York City: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company. p. 161. Retrieved July 6, 2021.


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