Brockroad, Virginia

Brockroad
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°16′28″N 77°40′45″W / 38.27444°N 77.67917°W / 38.27444; -77.67917Coordinates: 38°16′28″N 77°40′45″W / 38.27444°N 77.67917°W / 38.27444; -77.67917
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Spotsylvania
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Brockroad is an unincorporated community named after a local road in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in the United States.^[1]

Geography

Brockroad is not an urban center and thus has no major shopping centers. The town lies within the Piedmont region of Virginia.

History

The Brockroad area was the location of many battles fought during the American Civil War, including the battles of Battle of Chancellorsville and The Wilderness.

Brock Road Station on the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad was situated on Brock Road at latitude 38°16′28″ north and longitude 77° 40′ 45″ west. The Railroad crossed Brock Road about half a mile south east of the modern Brock Road Elementary School.^[2]

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Municipalities and communities of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Spotsylvania Courthouse

CDPs	Lake Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse

Unincorporated communities	Alsop Arcadia Artillery Ridge Bells Crossroad Belmont Blades Corner Brockroad Brokenburg Carters Store Chancellor Chancellorsville Chewnings Corner Cookstown Dunavant Five Mile Fork Four Mile Fork Granite Springs Lanes Corner Leavells Lewiston Margo Marye Massaponax McHenry Old Trap Olivers Corner Partlow Paytes Post Oak Shady Grove Corner Snell Stubbs Thornburg Todds Tavern

Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond (capital)

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