Amelia, a S. E. county of Virginia, drained by the branches of the Appomattox river, which almost encircles it; area, 300 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 9,878, of whom 6,823 were colored. It is intersected by the Richmond and Danville railroad. The surface is somewhat diversified. The productions in 1870 were 64,607 bushels of wheat, 70,509 of corn, 62,688 of oats, and 1,037,721 lbs. of tobacco. Capital, Amelia Court House.