Keysville, VA

Keysville is a town in eastern Charlotte County where Virginia Route 40 meets the U.S. 15/360 corridor. The 2020 census counted 807 residents. The four-lane U.S. routes form the town's eastern edge, and the through-road geography matters: Keysville is a local stop inside a farming county, with tobacco and mixed agriculture surrounding the built-up streets. Town services include water and sewer, trash and recycling, council records, local businesses, and community events. The routes make Keysville a place where local government and regional movement meet each day.

Southside Virginia Community College's Keysville campus adds an education and workforce presence unusual for a place this size. The college offers agricultural and workforce programs, tying the town to the practical needs of the surrounding farm and service economy. Larger nearby communities handle broader regional errands, while Keysville keeps the smaller municipal circuit close at hand. Its local identity is in that combination: a highway town with a municipal center, a community-college campus, and working farmland close to the town limits.