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Welcome to
Amelia, Virginia! Community Website!
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Sister
Site:
www.powhatanva.com
Local
Hospitals:
Richmond Hospitals
Local News
& Events:
Amelia
Bulletin Monitor
Today's News
& Information Stations:
NBC12
WRIC 8
WTVR 6
Fox 35
WCVE
PBS
Cool
Links:
Richmond
Movies
Events
- Ticketmaster
Sports
News:
Winston Cup Racing
Love Baseball?
You've got to check out:
www.baseball.com
and
www.baseballprimer.com
1995-2010
All rights reserved.
This site is designed and
maintained for the citizens of Amelia,
Virginia. It was established in 1998. It is a
community site for your information and convenience. Thank
you for your support!
For the official Amelia
County Government website, click here.
For more information, please
call 804.598.9301 or email katrina@katrina.com.
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Natural
Resources
Forests cover 73.1%
of the county’s total land. Seventy percent of the
forestland is owned by farmers and other private
landowners. Timber corporations own 27% of the forestland.
Water is provided by
both ground and surface sources, principally drilled wells
and the Appomattox River. Amelia County has 39 live creeks
and streams from two to 15 miles in length. There are over
500 ponds in the county ranging in size from one-half acre
to 15 acres. These ponds provide water reserves for
livestock, irrigation, fishing and recreation.
Amelia County also
supports a wealth of various minerals. Pegmatite, a common
igneous rock in the County, has been the source of
plentiful amounts of mica, which was mined extensively
during World War II. Kaolin, feldspar, and quartz have
also been mined from pegmatite and sold commercially.
Beryl, columbitetantatite, and a variety of gem and
specimen minerals, such as garnet, topaz and amazonite,
have been found in pegmatite. Amazonite is a green-colored
stone, unique to Amelia County. Amateur rockhounds can try
their mining skill at the Morefield mine, located on Route
628 off U.S. 360.
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1995
- 2010. All rights reserved.
This website is designed and maintained by:
Computer Connections - Powhatan, VA 23139
- phone: (804) 598-9301
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