Back كليرمونت (فيرجينيا) Arabic كليرمونت ARZ Claremont (Virgínia) Catalan Клермонт (Виргини) CE Claremont (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia, Surry County) CEB Claremont, Virginia Welsh Claremont (Virginia) Spanish Claremont (Virginia) Basque Claremont (Virginie) French Claremont, Vijini HT

Claremont, Virginia

Claremont, Virginia
Town
Official seal of Claremont, Virginia
Seal
Location of Claremont, Virginia
Location of Claremont, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°13′38″N 76°57′56″W / 37.22722°N 76.96556°W / 37.22722; -76.96556
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountySurry
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.54 sq mi (6.58 km2)
 • Land2.54 sq mi (6.58 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
125 ft (38 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
378
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
336
 • Density132.34/sq mi (51.09/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
23899
Area code(s)757, 948
FIPS code51-16880[3]
GNIS feature ID1464932[4]

Claremont is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 378 at the 2010 census. A granite marker is a memorial to British settlers' arrival in the area. It received its name during the colonial era from the royal residence in Surry Shire in England.[5] The town was incorporated in 1886, had a port on the James River, and gained railroad service as a terminus for a while before being abandoned. Claremont was home to the Temperance, Industrial, and Collegiate Institute, a school for African Americans founded by a formerly enslaved person. The area includes a historical marker commemorating the institution.[6]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Aurelius W. Bohannon, Old Surry: Thumb-Nail Sketches of Places of Historic Interest in Surry County, Virginia (Petersburg, Plummer Printing Co., Inc. 1957) pp. 34-36
  6. ^ "Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute K-331 - Marker History". September 19, 1863.

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