Breaks, Virginia

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Breaks, Virginia
Census-designated place
Breaks
Breaks
Breaks is located in Virginia
Breaks
Breaks
Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 82°16′52″W / 37.29583°N 82.28111°W / 37.29583; -82.28111Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 82°16′52″W / 37.29583°N 82.28111°W / 37.29583; -82.28111
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesBuchanan
Dickenson
Elevation
1,476 ft (450 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1494190[1]

Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.[1] A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks.[2]

It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.

Demographics[]

Breaks has a population of 377 people who are all white with 64.1% who are married, 34% married with children and 18.9% have children but are single. [3]

Attractions[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breaks
  2. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Bestplaces".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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