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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|297|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|295|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.6|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{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> The [[Meherrin River]] forms the boundary between Greensville County and [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]]. ===Adjacent counties / independent city=== * [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick County]] – west * [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie County]] – north * [[Sussex County, Virginia|Sussex County]] – northeast * [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]] – east * [[Northampton County, North Carolina]] – south * [[Emporia, Virginia|Emporia]] – surrounded by Greensville County ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=VA|I|95}}, the major north–south [[highway]] on the [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern Seaboard]] enters Greensville County from [[North Carolina]]. Access to the county is available at Exits 4, 8, 11 (if you include Emporia) 12, and 13 before the road crosses the Greensville-[[Sussex County, Virginia|Sussex County]] Line. * {{Jct|state=VA|US|58}}, the principal west–east route through southern Virginia at large, including Greensville County. The road connects the [[Cumberland Gap]] area of Tennessee to the [[Hampton Roads]] area, entering the county from [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick County]] and leaving at [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]]. A [[U.S. Route 58 Business (Emporia, Virginia)|Business Route of US 58]] exists within Emporia. * {{Jct|state=VA|US|301}}, the principal south–north route Greensville County and Emporia until it was supplanted by I-95. A spur of [[US Route 1]], it enters Greensville County from North Carolina, serves as a major boulevard in [[Hicksford–Emporia Historic District|Historic Emporia]], and leaves at Sussex County south of Jarratt. * {{Jct|state=VA|SR|139}}, a state spur route running northwest of US 301 from through Jarratt both in Greensville and Sussex Counties. * {{Jct|state=VA|SR|186}}, a state route briefly entering Greensville County from North Carolina, only to cross into Southampton County at the bridge over the [[Meherrin River]].
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