Burkeville is an incorporated town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.

The state of Virginia has still yet to complete the portion from approximately 1 mile out into the town of Burkeville as of July 1, 2023.

The last major Civil War battle in the Appomattox campaign was fought nearby at Sayler's Creek on April 6, 1865.

General Robert E. Lee's depleted forces lost over 7,000 men killed, wounded, or taken prisoner either at Sayler's Creek or at General John B. Gordon's engagement the same day, a few miles west.

Ella Graham Agnew was appointed in 1910 by the United States Department of Agriculture to be the first State Agent for women, and was the first woman to be appointed by the Department to represent it in the field.

She had moved to the town as a baby and was later buried in the community's Sunset Cemetery.

Burke's Tavern, Hyde Park, and Inverness are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.