Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Boydton, VA

Boydton is an incorporated town and the county seat of Mecklenburg County in southern Virginia, near the shores of Kerr Lake.

Boydton was founded in 1812 and covers just 0.82 square miles.

The 2020 census counted 302 residents in Boydton, a sharp drop of nearly 30 percent from 431 in 2010; the 2000 census had counted 454 people in 134 households.

Boydton was the original home of Randolph-Macon College, chartered in 1830 and named for John Randolph of Roanoke and Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina.

The little Methodist college in Boydton barely survived the Civil War, when its focus abruptly changed from a seminary to military cadet training, and after the war its trustees moved it to Ashland to be closer to railroad service.

After the college departed, the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute carried on education on the Boydton campus.

The Mecklenburg County Courthouse, completed in 1842, anchors the town, and both the courthouse and the Boydton Historic District were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Boyd's Tavern, an 18th-century tavern built by Scottish immigrant merchant Alexander Boyd, has been restored by his descendants and opened to public tours.

Boydton was a terminus of the Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, an 80-mile road surfaced with wooden planks that gave travelers a far smoother ride than the dirt roads of the 19th century.

When Kerr Lake was created on the Roanoke River in 1952, Boydton found itself near one of Virginia's largest lakes, drawing boaters, campers, and fishermen to the area.