Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia. It was named after Henry Clay's Kentucky estate of "Ashland", and it grew from being a square mile upon incorporation in 1858 to having 7.16 square miles. In 2010, Ashland had a population of 7,225 people. Due to the large concentration of college professors in the area, it was a rare Democratic stronghold in a mostly-Republican suburban and rural area of Virginia.
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Location of Ashland
Race statistics in 2016
Downtown Ashland, with a statue of newspaper editor and community leader J. Malcolm "Jay" Pace III (1945-2004) in focus