Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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Mecklenburg County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,319. Its county seat is Boydton.

History

Mecklenburg County was organized on March 1, 1765, having split from Lunenburg County in 1764 as the result of the passage of an act by the Virginia General Assembly. Due to new settlement and population increases in the area, the legislature divided Lunenburg into three counties: Lunenburg, Charlotte, and Mecklenburg. It was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a British queen of German origin.

The first county government consisted of 13 members: Robert Munford, Richard Witton, John Speed, Henry Delony, Edmund Taylor, Benjamin Baird, John Camp, Thomas Erskine, John Potter, John Cox, Thomas Anderson, John Speed, Jr., and Samuel Hopkins, with Benjamin Baird acting as the first mayor.

District 1 - Andy R. Hargrove
District 2 - Glanzy M. Spain, Jr.―Vice Chairman
District 3 - Tom Tanner
District 4 - Claudia H. Lundy
District 5 - Glenn E. Barbour—Chairman
District 6 - Sterling Wilkinson
District 7 - James D. Jennings
District 8 - David A. Brankley
District 9 - Charles Jones

Constitutional officers

Mecklenburg County operates under what is commonly referred as the "traditional form" of county government under the Virginia Constitution, under which voters elect five countywide "constitutional officers":

Clerk of Circuit Court - Michelle Gordon
Commonwealth's Attorney - Allen Nash
Commissioner of Revenue - Lisa Carlton Wagstaff
Treasurer - Marsha Coleman Seamans
Sheriff - Robert (Bobby) Hawkins

County departments and department heads

Listed below are the County facilities, the department housed in that facility and its head.

Goode Bank Building
Board of Supervisors (See Supervisor's List Above)
County Administrator's Office- Alex Gottschalk (Administrator)
Economic Development Director's Office- Angela D. Kellett (Director)
Tourism Office- Tina Morgan (Coordinator)
Building Inspector's Office- Eddie Harris (Chief Inspector)
Zoning Administrator's Office- Josh Tanner (Zoning Administrator)
Animal Warden's Office- Doug Blanton (Animal Warden)
Information Technology Department (IT) - Alex Wells (IT Specialist)
Courthouse
Circuit Court-Leslie M. Osborn (Judge)
Circuit Court Clerk's Office- Michelle Gordon (Clerk)
Commonwealth Attorney's Office- J. Miller (Commonwealth's Attorney)
Mark I. Burnett Building
Commissioner of Revenue's Office- Lisa Carlton Wagstaff (Commissioner)
Real Estate Department- Jo Harrell McLellan (Chief Deputy Commissioner/Real Estate Assessor)
Personal Property Department- Violet Puryear(Chief Deputy Commissioner)
Treasurer's Office- Marsha Coleman Seamans(Treasurer)
VPI Extension Office- C. Taylor Clarke (Unit Coordinator/ANR Extension Agent)
Hudgins Court Facility
Social Services- Sandra S. Gregory (Director)
General District Court- Charles Warren (Judge)
General District Clerk's Office- Tammy T. Taylor (Clerk)
Juvenile & Domestic Court- M. Rand (Judge), S. Anderson Nelson (Judge)
J&D Court Clerk's Office- Rebecca D. Inge (Clerk)
J&D Court Service Unit
Sheriff's Office- R.W. (Bobby) Hawkins (Sheriff)
911 Center
911 Emergency Communications Office and Dispatch- Ben Duncan (Director)
Jail
Jail Division of the Sheriff's Office- Roosevelt Terry (Jail Captain)
Post Office Building
Piedmont Court Services- Jackie T. Boxley (Director)
White Building
Voter Registrar- Jason Corwin (General Registrar)

Politics

Education

The county's education department is the Mecklenburg County Public Schools. It is managed by the Board of Education. Scott Worner is the County Schools Superintendent.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (7.9%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Lunenburg County - north
Brunswick County - east
Warren County, North Carolina - southeast
Vance County, North Carolina - south
Granville County, North Carolina - southwest
Halifax County - west
Charlotte County - northwest