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Westmoreland County

county in Virginia, United States
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Westmoreland County
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Summary

Westmoreland County is a county of Virginia[1]. It draws 1,373 Wikipedia views per month (county of virginia category, ranking #10 of 99).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Montross[5]
  • Shares border with: Charles County[6], Essex County[7], St. Mary's County[8], Northumberland County[9], Richmond County[10], King George County[11]
  • Basic form of government: County Commission[12]
  • Named after: Westmorland[13]
  • Commons category: Westmoreland County, Virginia[14]
  • Inception: 1653[15]
  • Coordinate location: 38.11, -76.8[16]
  • Official website: http://www.westmoreland-county.org[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Westmoreland County, Virginia[18]
  • Population: 17,454[19], 17,450[20], 17,623[21], 17,528[22], 17,612[23], 17,629[24], 18,477[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Westmoreland County, Virginia[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32646506[27]
  • Number of households: 7910[28]
  • Native label: Westmoreland County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110599[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Westmoreland County, Virginia[31]
  • Different from: Westmoreland County[32]
  • Area: 253[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 9.3[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Westmoreland County, Virginia[35]
  • Per capita income: 33,754[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Westmoreland County, Virginia.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Westmoreland County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

United States Virginia

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Westmoreland County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Westmoreland County, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 9w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → County Commission
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45905|batch #45905]]: county forms"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00152792
    Umls cui → C3813626
    Taxonomicon id → 1808264
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Virginia
    Official website → http://www.westmoreland-county.org
    Category for people who died here → Q32646506
    Instance of → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110599, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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