Editing Nelson County, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:TyeRiver.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Tye River (James River)|Tye River]] flows through the mountains and low hills of Nelson County.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|474|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|471|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.5|sqmi}} (0.7%) 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 [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] form the northwest boundary of the county; the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] forms the boundary to the southeast. Internally, Nelson consists of the [[Rockfish River|Rockfish]], [[Tye River|Tye]] and [[Piney River (Tye River)|Piney]] rivers, along with many known creeks.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]] – northwest
* [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]] – northeast
* [[Buckingham County, Virginia|Buckingham County]] – southeast
* [[Appomattox County, Virginia|Appomattox County]] – south
* [[Amherst County, Virginia|Amherst County]] – southwest
* [[Rockbridge County, Virginia|Rockbridge County]] – west