Editing Pittsylvania County, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Marion Post Wolcott Blairs Virginia.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Loading hay, Blairs, Pittsylvania County, 1939. [[Marion Post Wolcott]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|978|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|969|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|9|sqmi|km2}} (0.9%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the largest county in Virginia by land area and second-largest by total area. The county is bounded on the north by the [[Roanoke River]] (this stretch of the river is known as the [[Staunton River]]), bisected by the [[Banister River]] running eastward through the center, and is drained on the south by the [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]], flowing eastward.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Pittsylvania}}</ref>

===Districts===
The county is divided into seven districts:
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* [[Banister, Virginia|Banister]]
* Callands-Gretna
* [[Chatham, Virginia|Chatham]]-[[Blairs, Virginia|Blairs]]
* [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]]
* [[Roanoke River|Staunton River]]
* Tunstall
* Westover
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===Adjacent counties and cities===
In Virginia:
* [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford County]] - Northwest (across [[Smith Mountain Lake]])
* [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell County]] - North/Northeast
* [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] - West/Northwest
* [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax County]] - East
* [[Henry County, Virginia|Henry County]] - West/Southwest
* [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]] - South (independent city partially within borders of Pittsylvania County)

In North Carolina: 
* [[Caswell County, North Carolina]] - South/Southeast
* [[Rockingham County, North Carolina]] - South/Southwest

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=VA|US|58}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|311}}
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* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|40}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|41}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|51}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|57}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|360}}
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