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Blackwater, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Lee
Elevation	1,217 ft (371 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	24221
Area code(s)	276
GNIS feature ID	1477119

Blackwater is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States. Blackwater is located along Virginia State Route 70 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Jonesville. Blackwater has a post office with ZIP code 24221.

History

A post office was established as Black Water in 1874. The community was named from Blackwater Creek.

Municipalities and communities of Lee County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Jonesville

Towns	Jonesville Pennington Gap St. Charles

CDPs	Dryden Ewing Keokee Rose Hill

Unincorporated communities	Benedict-Leona Mines Ben Hur Blackwater Bonny Blue Boons Path Buckles Bundy Calvin Caylor Collier Mill Cowan Mill Darbyville Darnell Town Ely Fleenortown Gibson Station Goodloe Hagan Hubbard Springs Imperial Jasper Leona Mines Maness Mayflower Mohawk Monarch Ocoonita Olinger Penn Lee Pocket Rawhide Seminary Shepherd Hill Sigma Smiley Stickleyville Stone Creek Turners Siding Van Wheeler Woodway

Ghost town	Robbins

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