Disputanta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George County, Virginia, United States in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

William Mahone later became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and was later elected to the United States Senate.

In 1960, Norfolk and Western became the last major railroad in the United States to abandon steam locomotives for diesel-electric motive power.

Today the railroad depot and most of the businesses are long gone and the tiny community consists of approximately 75 homes, two churches, a fire station, a post office, a Dollar General store and an elementary school.

In the late 19th century, over 700 Czech and Slovak families settled in Prince George and neighboring counties due to the availability of cheap farmland after the Civil War.