Lodore is a rural unincorporated community in northern Amelia County just south of the Appomattox River in the U.S. state of Virginia.

The Lodore post office remained in operation until at least the turn of the 20th century,[5] but was among the thousands of small "fourth class" facilities that were closed in the early 1900s after the advent of rural free delivery.

[6] The Lodore area is now served by the post office several miles south at the county seat, Amelia Court House, ZIP code 23002.

The immediate vicinity of Lodore appears to have been spared significant action during most of the Civil War, although several skirmishes and bloody engagements were fought only a few miles to the south and west during the final days of the war in early April 1865, as General Robert E. Lee and his army continued their westward retreat and Federal troops pursued.

No tornado fatalities have been reported at Lodore, but an EF1 destroyed a carport and damaged an outbuilding northeast of the community on January 12, 2018.