Dinwiddie County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Dinwiddie’s Southside High School was started in 1908 as Dinwiddie Normal and Industrial Institute and was owned and operated by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church. The only school in the area for African Americans for several decades, […]
Dinwiddie County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. In 1938 the Virginia General Assembly chartered a residential care facility for African American males aged 8–21, with mental disabilities. From 1943 to 1952, as attitudes changed and the idea of occupational education began to take hold, the Colony […]
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Whippernock Marina & Campground is a full service convenience store. We offer overnight camping and permanent sites to rent…. Our roped out swimming area, with its sandy beach makes for a great weekend getaway or just a day out with the family. We have several pavilions, great for picnicking and social gatherings. We also have […]
Built in 1851, the Dinwiddie County Courthouse was the headquarters of Union General Philip H. Sheridan during the Battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse. The Union victory at Five Forks led to the capture of Lee’s last railroad supply line into Petersburg and the eventual fall of the city. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD
This 4-stop driving tour explores where the fighting took place for the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad and the Union Army’s attempts to sever the South Side rail line. Poplar Grove National Cemetery, the final resting place of over 6,000 Federal soldiers who fell in battles from Petersburg to Lynchburg, is a highlight of the tour. […]
Follow the self-guided driving tour of 53 sites telling powerful stories of the fight for an equal education through Southside Virginia from the end of the American Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the newly expanded self-guided driving tour brings together for the first time 53 of these historically significant sites and tells […]
Lake Chesdin is a 3,100-acre water supply reservoir on the Chesterfield-Dinwiddie County line. Chesdin is a very productive lake that offers excellent large-mouth bass fishing, good crappie fishing (both black and white) in spring and fall, and a great channel catfish fishery
The Appomattox River is a popular destination for: •Bird-watching •Canoeing •Fishing •Whitewater rafting The Appomattox River flows from west to east through the region from Lake Chesdin, on the border of Dinwiddie and Chesterfield counties, through Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Prince George County, and Hopewell. It joins the James River at Hopewell, where the two rivers […]
