Ingersoll
Ghost town · Surry County, Virginia

Ingersoll is a ghost town in Surry County, Virginia. It is one of 3 former communities in Surry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 36th among the 90 Virginia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ingersoll as a historical populated place on the Surry topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.1968° N, 76.8152° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Surry |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 ft |
| Nearest living town | Scotland, VA |
| Distance to it | 1.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1740137 |
| Coordinates | 37.19681, -76.81524 |
What's there now
Ingersoll is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Scotland, VA (population 91), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 91 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Newtownghost town · Surry County · 4.3 mi
- Deepwater Shoals Lightlighthouse · Newport News County · 10.7 mi
- Sextonghost town · Surry County · 11.6 mi
- Point of Shoals Lightlighthouse · Isle of Wight County · 12.6 mi
- Pages Rock Lightlighthouse · Gloucester County · 14.9 mi
- Concordghost town · Gloucester County · 16 mi
- Pates Fieldghost town · Isle of Wight County · 17.3 mi
- Valley Frontghost town · Gloucester County · 17.7 mi
- Bockghost town · New Kent County · 17.9 mi
- White Shoal Lightlighthouse · Newport News County · 20 mi
- Bells Rock Lightlighthouse · King and Queen County · 20.2 mi
- Freetownghost town · Charles City County · 21.2 mi
Questions
Where is Ingersoll?
Ingersoll is in Surry County, Virginia, at 37.1968, -76.8152.
How many ghost towns are in Surry County?
Surry County, Virginia has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.