Buckingham Courthouse, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia, shaded from 350 ft on the north side to 530 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
530 ft 160 m480 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 125 m370 ft 115 m350 ft 105 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Buckingham Courthouse sits at about 450 ft (140 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
450 ft 140 m
few residents
Lowest
350 ft 105 m
on the north side
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on the southeast side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buckingham Courthouse spans about 180 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
450 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
350 ft105 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the middle of Buckingham Courthouse.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia, shaded from 350 ft on the north side to 530 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States
Population
129 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
116 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.5559° N, 78.5514° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Slate River → James River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
23921
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Appomattox810 ft
  2. Arrington700 ft
  3. Shipman650 ft
  4. Dillwyn600 ft
  5. Esmont530 ft
  6. Schuyler490 ft
  7. Yogaville470 ft
  8. Buckingham Courthouse450 ft
  9. Cumberland420 ft
  10. Scottsville370 ft
  11. Farmville360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Elk Pond Mountain4,030 ft
  • Chimney Rock, Nelson County3,950 ft
  • Devils Knob3,850 ft
  • Tobacco Row Mountain2,936 ft
  • Heard Mountain2,399 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Buckingham Courthouse is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.