Pigg River

The Pigg River is a river in south-central Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean via Albemarle Sound.

The Pigg River rises on Fivemile Mountain in western Franklin County and flows generally eastwardly through Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties, past the town of Rocky Mount.[1] It joins the Roanoke River from the south (along a section of the Roanoke often known locally as the Staunton River)[2] as part of the Leesville Reservoir, which is formed by a dam on the Roanoke.

The river is named for John Pigg, an early settler from Amelia County, Virginia, who in 1741 acquired 400 acres of land through which the unnamed river passed.[3]

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  1. ↑ DeLorme (2005). Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-326-5
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roanoke River
  3. ↑ Clement, Maud Carter. An Abbreviated History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.


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