Local Wiki
Southampton County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 3, 2026- Board of Supervisors meets
- 4th Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM (closed session 6:00 PM).
- Meeting location
- 26022 Administration Center Dr., Courtland, VA 23837.
- Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Richard "Rick" Francis · P.O. Box 190 / 22350 Main St. Courtland 23837 · 757-653-2200 · rfrancis@vacourts.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.southamptoncounty.org/departments/board_of_supervisors/bos_meeting_agendas.php
- County Administrator
- Lynette C. Lowe, Acting County Administrator (appointed Feb 24, 2026 after a separation agreement with prior administrator Brian S. Thrower, effective June 30, 2026 — the county's own site is stale and still shows Thrower; trusted a local newspaper's direct reporting of the Board's vote instead) — 26022 Administration Center Dr., Courtland, VA 23837 (mailing: PO Box 400) — 757-653-3015 — no direct email confirmable for Lowe individually.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Southampton County Public Schools · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Boykins · Town
- Branchville · Town
- Capron · Town
- Courtland (official website, opens in a new tab) · Town
- Ivor · Town
- Newsoms · Town
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026