Breaks, Virginia

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]

Breaks, Virginia
Census-designated place
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Breaks
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Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 82°16′52″W
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]

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. 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". Archived from the original on 2020-10-24.


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