 The Hurricane Camille disaster did over $140 million (in 1969 dollars) in damage across Virginia, however in no other place in Virginia was the storm as devastating and deadly as in Nelson County, where one percent of the population was killed and where many bodies were never recovered.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water.The Blue Ridge Mountains form the northwest boundary of the county; the James River forms the boundary to the southeast.