Drakes Branch, VA

Drakes Branch is a town in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 533 residents. Virginia State Route 47 passes through the town, leading north 5 miles to Charlotte Court House, the county seat, and southeast 7 miles to U.S. Route 15. Virginia State Route 59 intersects Route 47 in the north part of town and leads northeast 8 miles to Keysville. Drakes Branch's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Virginia setting. The local scoop is how Drakes Branch's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.