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45-508: Brodnax is a town in Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties in the U.S. state of Virginia . The population was 283 at the 2020 census . Brodnax, Virginia was a stop on the Atlantic and Danville Railway . Due to Virginia Law, alcoholic spirits could not be sold on the Atlantic and Danville Railway train within 2 miles of Brodnax in 1896. The Southern Railway Company , which leased

90-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

135-570: A Brunswick Stew-Fest on the Capitol grounds to celebrate the General Assembly's passing of a resolution proclaiming Brunswick County, Virginia, as "The Original Home of Brunswick Stew". The proclamation contains a tongue-in-cheek jab at Brunswick, Georgia , which claims to have created the traditional Southern dish, setting off what has been coined as "The Stew Wars." One of the many traditional recipes, which requires 6 to 7 hours to cook,

180-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

225-534: A female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 30.3% of households were one person and 18.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.29. The age distribution was 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males. The median household income

270-470: A household in the county was $ 31,288, and the median income for a family was $ 38,354. Males had a median income of $ 26,924 versus $ 20,550 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 14,890. About 13.20% of families and 16.50% of the population were below the poverty line , including 20.10% of those under age 18 and 19.50% of those age 65 or over. Brunswick County is represented by Republican Frank M. Ruff, Jr. and Democrat L. Louise Lucas in

315-487: A major landowner in the area. He was appointed as a tobacco inspector in Bristol Parish in 1728 and that year served with William Byrd II on his spring and fall expeditions to survey the border between Virginia and North Carolina. Taking advantage of land grants due to headrights , for people whose passage he paid to the colony, and outright purchases, Pittillo ultimately owned more than 4,000 acres (16 km ) in

360-667: A professional advertising agency, began a program to develop balanced economic growth in Brunswick County. They decided to capitalize on the county's home-grown Brunswick stew as a brand. On February 22, 1988, at the State Capitol in Richmond, Brunswick County officially kicked off a campaign to increase awareness of its economic development opportunities. The Brunswick Chamber of Commerce and the County of Brunswick hosted

405-576: Is bisected by Interstate 85 , U.S. 1 and U.S. Highway 58 . Planters originally cultivated the land for tobacco by slave labor in colonial times. As tobacco exhausted the soil and the markets changed, planters and smaller farmers diversified the mostly rural economy by raising mixed crops and harvesting lumber before the American Civil War . As a result of these changes, slaveholders in the Upper South had surplus slaves; many sold them in

450-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

495-460: The 2020 census , the county population was 15,849. The Brunswick county seat is Lawrenceville . The first English settlers, in what was to become Brunswick County, swarmed into the relatively protected lands near Fort Christanna during its 4 years of operation (1714–1718). Among them were indentured servants , including men deported from Scotland in 1716 after being convicted by the Crown in

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540-525: The Jacobite rising of 1715 . They were required to work under indenture to pay the Crown back for their ship passage. Gradually the colonists pushed many of the Native Americans out of the area. An example of such a Scots rebel who started in the colony as a convict was James Pittillo . He survived his indenture and in 1726 was granted 242 acres (1.0 km ) on Wagua Creek. He gradually became

585-555: The Virginia Senate , Republican Otto Wachsmann in the Virginia House of Delegates , and Republican Bob Good in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Virginia Department of Corrections Brunswick Correctional Center was in an unincorporated area near Lawrenceville . Brunswick County is best known as the origin place for Brunswick stew . The original Brunswick stew, according to Brunswick County historians,

630-510: The census of 2000, there were 18,419 people, 6,277 households, and 4,312 families living in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile (12 people/km ). There were 7,541 housing units at an average density of 13 units per square mile (5.0 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 41.99% White , 56.85% Black or African American , 0.09% Native American , 0.22% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.34% from other races , and 0.51% from two or more races. 1.25% of

675-533: The domestic slave trade . It fed the development of cotton plantations in the Deep South . Altogether, more than one million enslaved African Americans were sold South in the antebellum years in this forced migration, which broke up many families. Saint Paul's College, Virginia was established in this county in association with the Episcopal Church. In 1914 the school boasted that "The location of

720-576: The "Virginia ambrosia" for church functions, local fund raisers, family reunions, and political rallies. Each cook and generation add their variations to Jimmy Matthews's recipe for Brunswick stew: chicken has been substituted for squirrel and vegetables have been added. During 1987, the Brunswick Industrial Development Commission and a committee of the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, with the aid of

765-832: The A&;D starting in 1899, made significant improvements to the passenger depot in Brodnax in 1904. Today, the Tobacco Heritage Trail runs through the town on the old Atlantic and Danville Railway. The Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Brodnax is located on the border of Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties at 36°42′12″N 78°1′54″W  /  36.70333°N 78.03167°W  / 36.70333; -78.03167 (36.703422, −78.031570). U.S. Route 58 passes through

810-563: The Blue Ridge Mountains until 1745, when increasing population in the region resulted in the formation of a series of new counties, and Brunswick's current western border was established. In 1780, during the American Revolutionary War , Greensville County was formed from part of Brunswick's eastern side. In 1787 the county's eastern border was finalized with a minor adjustment. Today Brunswick County

855-635: The Fearnow Brothers, the County got its own stew label, approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Their company also produces small quantities of canned Brunswick stew for the Chamber of Commerce to store and use. The cans bear the label "Virginia's Own – 1828-Brunswick County Stew". A sample of Brunswick stew, along with information on the county's assets, was included in the county's promotional packages and sent to business and industry prospects. The stew and County are tied together with

900-947: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

945-574: The area of Prince George County , Brunswick, and Dinwiddie counties in Southside Virginia . Brunswick County was established in 1720 from Prince George County . The county is named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg in Germany. One of the titles carried by Britain's Hanoverian kings was Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg. In 1732 the county received more land from parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. Brunswick County reached

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990-462: The campaign's theme: "Since 1828 when Ol’ Jimmy Matthews created Brunswick stew, we’ve been doing things a special way. A little slow, but right." 36°47′2″N 77°51′11″W  /  36.78389°N 77.85306°W  / 36.78389; -77.85306 County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

1035-526: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

1080-462: The county has a total area of 569 square miles (1,470 km ), of which 566 square miles (1,470 km ) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km ) (0.6%) is water. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 17,434 people living in the county. 57.3% were Black or African American , 40.4% White , 0.3% Asian , 0.2% Native American , 0.8% of some other race and 0.9% of two or more races . 1.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). As of

1125-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

1170-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1215-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

1260-585: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

1305-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1350-758: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

1395-440: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,277 households, out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.90% were married couples living together, 16.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

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1440-775: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

1485-473: The school in the heart of the Black Belt of Virginia, with a Negro population of 100,000 almost at its very doors, is most favorable for the prosecution of uplift work." St. Paul's closed its doors in 2013. In the early 21st century, the county has a campus of Southside Virginia Community College . The Fort Barfoot Army National Guard base is partly in the county. According to the U.S. Census Bureau ,

1530-574: The southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia . This rural county is known as one of the claimants to be the namesake of Brunswick stew . Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts of Prince George , Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg , the region from which the British monarchs of the House of Hanover originated. As of

1575-431: The squirrels in butter, with onions, stale bread and seasoning in a large iron pot. When the hunting party returned, they were reluctant to try the new, thick concoction, but one taste convinced them to ask for more. Since that time, Brunswick stew has been prepared by many different "stew masters." It is often associated with the harvest season in the fall and completion of tobacco processing. Cooks produce large batches of

1620-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

1665-534: The town, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to South Hill and Interstate 85 and east 30 miles (48 km) to Emporia and Interstate 95 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.71 square miles (1.84 km), of which 0.71 square miles (1.83 km) is land and 0.008 square miles (0.02 km), or 0.94%, is water. At the 2000 census there were 317 people, 122 households, and 80 families living in

1710-449: The town. The population density was 450.1 people per square mile (173.8 people/km). There were 139 housing units at an average density of 197.4 units per square mile (76.2 units/km). The racial makeup of the town was 51.42% White and 48.58% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.89%. Of the 122 households 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 16.4% had

1755-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

1800-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

1845-419: Was $ 24,706 and the median family income was $ 38,750. Males had a median income of $ 22,045 versus $ 19,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 14,785. About 10.8% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 30.5% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over. Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick County is a United States county located on

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1890-412: Was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00. In the county, the age distribution of the population shows 20.50% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 113.10 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 115.40 males. The median income for

1935-553: Was created in 1828 by a black American chef, Mr. Jimmy Matthews, also referred to as "Uncle" by some locals. As the story goes, Dr. Creed Haskins of Mount Donum on the Nottoway River , a member of the Virginia State Legislature, took several friends on a hunting expedition. While the group hunted, Mr. Matthews, Haskin's enslaved camp cook, hunted squirrel for the evening meal. Mr. Matthews slowly stewed

1980-635: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

2025-464: Was renamed Brunswick Proclamation Stew for the occasion. A good Brunswick stew must be cooked down slowly, according to stew masters for the Capitol Square event, "Until the stirring paddle stands up straight in the stew." When the paddle stood, Brunswick stew was served to the legislators and hundreds of Virginians who turned out for the event to "Get a Taste of Brunswick." With the help of

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