Breaks, Virginia

Breaks is a small unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.[1] Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks.[2]

Breaks, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Breaks
Breaks, Virginia
Breaks, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 82°16′52″W
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyDickenson
Elevation
1,476 ft (450 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1494190[1]

It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.

Attractions
  • Breaks Interstate Park
  • Russell Fork River, a popular whitewater rafting stream
  • Willowbrook Country Club, a 9-hole golf course.
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breaks
  2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 16.



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