Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Brookneal, VA

Brookneal is an incorporated town in Campbell County, Virginia, on the Staunton River, and part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area.

On January 14, 1802, the Commonwealth of Virginia established 'Brooke Neal,' named after John Brooke and his wife Sarah (née Neal) Brooke, whose tobacco warehouse, Brooke's Warehouse, stood near the boat landing and ferry crossing on the Staunton River.

Patrick Henry, Virginia's first post-colonial governor, retired in 1794 to the nearly 3,000-acre Red Hill Plantation near Brookneal and established a ferry across the Staunton River connecting to Campbell and Halifax counties.

The Town of Brookneal was incorporated and received its charter in 1908, and it later became the smallest incorporated town in the Central Virginia region.

Brookneal long served as the closest center of commerce for portions of three counties — Campbell, Charlotte and Halifax.

Construction of the Lynchburg and Durham Railroad through Brookneal began in 1887 and was completed in 1892, and the Tidewater Railway — later the Virginian Railway — was built along the river's north bank beginning in 1904 to haul West Virginia coal to Hampton Roads.

The 2020 census counted 1,090 people in Brookneal, down from 1,112 at the 2010 census.

Census Bureau survey estimates put Brookneal at roughly 555 households, averaging about 2.2 people per household.

The Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, Henry's last home and burial place, is a short drive from town in neighboring Charlotte County.

Brookneal's official town site promotes fishing and canoeing on the Staunton River, golf at Hat Creek, and antique shopping on its Main Street; the town's ZIP code is 24528.