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About Gordonsville, VA

Gordonsville is a small Virginia town where US Route 15 and State Route 33 intersect, about 70 miles southwest of D.C. and 20 miles from Charlottesville. Most visitors drive US 15 from Culpeper or Charlottesville, or take Route 33 from Richmond. The town became famous as the "Fried Chicken Capital of the World" when vendors sold chicken to train passengers in the 1800s.

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Gordonsville, VA is in United States, at 38.136, -78.188 - about 34 km north-east of Charlottesville, VA.

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The closest airport to Gordonsville, VA is Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, 33 km (about 34 min by car).

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