Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S. state of Virginia. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Hanover County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Originally called Hanover Junction, it was located on the Virginia Central Railroad, which later became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O) at a crossing of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a busy north-south route. Virginia Central Railroad was chartered as the Louisa Railroad in 1836 by the Virginia Board of Public Works and had its name changed to Virginia Central The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century The Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was a Railroad connecting Richmond Virginia to Washington DC. Both railroads are now owned by CSX Transportation, although the former Virginia Central line is leased to a short-line carrier, Buckingham Branch Railroad. Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line Railroad operating over 200 miles (322 km of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia The area near the Doswell train station is a popular train-watching site for railfans. A railfan or rail buff ( American English) railway enthusiast or railway buff ( Australian / British English) or (often
Formerly consisting primarily of farmland, today Doswell includes many residents who commute to jobs in Richmond. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Kings Dominion, a major amusement park is located in the town. Kings Dominion is a amusement park located in Doswell in Hanover County 23 miles (37 km north of Richmond Virginia and 83 miles (134 km south of