Mendota, VA

Mendota is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, at an elevation of approximately 1411 feet. The 2020 census counted 135 residents. The name Mendota is derived from a Native American word meaning "bend in the river". The village is located on the north fork of the Holston River. Mendota'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 Mendota's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Mendota is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.