Dinwiddie is an unincorporated community along I-85 on the Southside of Virginia, southwest of Petersburg. It is the seat of Dinwiddie County. The population is around 500.
Dinwiddie and the surrounding countryside were the site of several Civil War battles as the war was nearing its end. The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was fought in the middle of the community on March 31, 1865, before fighting continued nearby in the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, and the Battle of Sutherland's Station on April 2. The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was the beginning of the Appomattox Campaign, and was one of the last offensive actions of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as he tried to stop Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant from stretching out Confederate defensive lines between Richmond and Petersburg.
The Dinwiddie County Courthouse, at Boydton Plank Road & Courthouse Road. The courthouse was built in 1998.
The Pamplin Administration Building, on Boydton Plank Road. The government offices were built in 1977.
The Dinwiddie Health Center, at Boydton Plank Road & Courthouse Road.
The old Dinwiddie County Courthouse, on Boydton Plank Road.
The courthosue was built in 1851, when Petersburg incorporated as a city in 1850.
The Confederate monument, in front of the county courthouse. The memorial was dedicated in 1909.
A battle monument in front of the courthouse. The monument was dedicated in 1972, and notes that the Rebel Yell was last heard here at the Battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse in 1865.
The town library, on the courthouse square.
The old Planters Bank of Dinwiddie, on Boydton Plank Road across from the old courthouse.
The Primera Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal, on Courthouse Road.
Calvary Episcopal Church, on Courthouse Road. The church was built in 1840, and notably was used by Union forces as a hospital during the Civil War.
A log house on Courthouse Road.
A house on Courthouse Road.
The old John Dix Industrial School, on Lundys Road. The school was built in 1938.
A house on Main Street.
Houses on Courthouse Road.
Dinwiddie Elementary School, on Boydton Plank Road. The school was built in 1939 as Dinwiddie High School.
The old Smyrna Baptist Church, on Carson Road. The church was built in 1897.
Smyrna Baptist Church, on Carson Road. The church was built in 1998.
An old building on Boydton Plank Road.
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