Negro Foot is an unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia.

[1] The community's unusual name has attracted the attention of media commentators.

Some say the community was named from an incident when a slave's foot was amputated to prevent another escape, while others believe an act of cannibalism caused the name to be selected.

[3] The name "Nigger Foot" appears in older publications.

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