Skipwith is an unincorporated community in old Bluestone Township, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.

It is located between Chase City and Clarksville, west-northwest of the county seat at Boydton.

The surname Skipwith is derived from Old English "sceap" (sheep) and Old Norse "vath" (ford or wading place).

One ancient Skipwith coat of arms is blazoned "Argent, three bars Gules, in chief a greyhound courant Sable."

Red Fox Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.