Dendron, VA

Dendron is a town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 251 residents. Sculptor Leslie Garland Bolling was born in Dendron, as was mayor of Hopewell, Virginia, Curtis W. Harris. The through line in Dendron is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Dendron makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Dendron was originally a mill town, built and run by the Surry Lumber Company to house employees of its sawmill. " The name was derived from δένδρον, the Greek word for tree.