The university, founded in 1882, sits along the Appomattox River, about 20 miles south of Richmond.

The town's water treatment plant draws its water supplies from the Appomattox River.

In early 1865, Wild's men performed picket duty along the Appomattox River.

It is a tributary of the Appomattox River.

An eighty-eight mile chase ensued down the Appomattox River to the southwest.

Cutts' battalion later served south of the Appomattox River.

The jurisdiction took its name from the headwaters that emanate there, the Appomattox River.

Chesterfield County borders on the Appomattox River to the south.

It was named for the Appomattox River.

The town was named for the Appomattox River.