Bedford is an incorporated town and former independent city located within Bedford County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It serves as the county seat of Bedford County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,657. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bedford County Courthouse
The D-Day National Memorial, as viewed from the nearby visitor center
The cupola atop the Bedford County Court House was built in 1866.
Bedford County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is the town of Bedford, which was an independent city from 1968 until rejoining the county in 2013.
Seal
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, for whom the county was named