Map of Ettrick CDP, Virginia

Ettrick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station.

Most of Ettrick has a Petersburg mailing address, ZIP code 23803, although the community is not part of the city of Petersburg.

Ettrick CDP overview:
Name:	Ettrick CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Virginia
County:	Chesterfield County
Elevation:	105 ft (32 m)
Total Area:	3.0 sq mi (7.8 km²)
Land Area:	2.9 sq mi (7.6 km²)
Water Area:	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Total Population:	7,241
Population Density:	2,400/sq mi (930/km²)
FIPS code:	5126128
GNISfeature ID:	1496888

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History

Ettrick was named around 1765 by the foreign merchant Neil Buchanan, who dubbed the eventual village Ettrick Banks for its similarities to his native Ettrick area of Selkirk, Scotland.

Capt. Christopher Newport led expeditions in this area. Near Petersburg, which developed as an industrial city, Ettrick also developed industry. It had cotton mills, as it was on the Fall Line and could use water power.

During the American Civil War, the Confederate Army established a large hospital here. In the late nineteenth century, the biracial state legislature established the first state-supported black college, founded here in 1882 as Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University). John Mercer Langston, who founded the Law School at Howard University, was its first president. He was elected as a US Congressman from Virginia from here. Vawter Hall and Old President’s House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

One of the longstanding landmarks is Campbell’s Bridge, first built around 1810. It has been reconstructed several times and is the only direct thoroughfare from the village across the river into Petersburg.

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Geography

Ettrick is located at 37°14′34″N 77°25′32″W / 37.24278°N 77.42556°W / 37.24278; -77.42556 (37.242750, −77.425418).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km), of which 2.9 square miles (7.6 km) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km), or 2.48%, is water.