Buckingham (Condado)

"El condado de Buckingham (en inglés: Buckingham County) es un condado en el estado estadounidense de Virginia. En el censo de 2000 el condado tenía una población de 15.623 habitantes. La sede de condado es Buckingham. El condado fue formado el 1 de mayo de 1761 a partir de una porción del condado de Albemarle. El origen del nombre del condado es incierto. Algunos creen que es en honor a Duque de Buckingham. Sin embargo, otras fuentes creen que el condado toma su nombre de Masión Buckingham de Archibald Cary, la cual se localizaba en Willis Creek."

"Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and containing the geographic center of the state. Buckingham County is part of the Piedmont region of Virginia, and the county seat is the town of Buckingham. Buckingham County was created in 1761 from the southeastern portion of Albemarle County and was predominantly farmland. The county was probably named in honor of the Duke of Buckingham, though the precise origin is uncertain. Several changes were made to the borders, until the existing boundaries were established in 1860. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 17,146. The county experienced steady population growth over the preceding forty years. Buckingham is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area."