Sutherland, Virginia

Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

37°11′46″N 77°33′35″W / 37.19611°N 77.55972°W / 37.19611; -77.55972CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountyDinwiddieElevation

289 ft (88 m)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)ZIP code

23885^[1]

Area code804GNIS feature ID1500198^[2]

Sutherland is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.^[2] Sutherland is located on U.S. Route 460 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of Petersburg.

This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway.^[3] Sutherland was the location of the American Civil War Battle of Sutherland's Station on April 2, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign.

Mathematician Gladys West was born in Sutherland.^[4]

References

^ "Sutherland ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Sutherland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ Bright, David L. (2015). "Confederate Railroads - South Side". Confederate Railroads. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ Kinkade, Daniel (May 3, 2019). "Destination on Right: the Influence of Dr. Gladys West". Gideons International. Retrieved May 29, 2019.