Editing Ashland, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Ashland is located near the center of Hanover County at {{coord|37|45|34|N|77|28|38|W|type:city}} (37.759361, &minus;77.477226).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 1]] passes through the east side of the center of town, leading north {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Doswell, Virginia|Doswell]] and south {{convert|16|mi}} to Richmond. [[Interstate 95]] passes through the town limits further to the east, with access from Exit 92. I-95 leads north {{convert|38|mi}} to [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and {{convert|90|mi}} to [[Washington, D.C.]], while to the south it leads 16 miles to Richmond and {{convert|40|mi}} to [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]]. [[Virginia State Route 54]] goes through the center of Ashland as England Street and Thompson Street, leading east {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[U.S. Route 301]] at [[Hanover, Virginia|Hanover]], the [[county seat]], and northwest {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia|Montpelier]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Ashland has a total area of {{convert|18.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.08|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.43%, are water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5103368| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Ashland town, Virginia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=March 21, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105731/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5103368| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Ashland is drained to the north by tributaries of the [[South Anna River]], part of the [[Pamunkey River|Pamunkey]] and [[York River (Virginia)|York River]] watershed, and to the south by tributaries of the [[Chickahominy River]], part of the [[James River]] watershed.