| Official Name: | Breaks, Virginia |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Breaks |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name2: | Buchanan Dickenson |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 144 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1476 |
| Coordinates: | 37.2958°N -82.2811°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks.[1] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 144.[2]
It was in Breaks that U.S. Senator George Allen called S. R. Sidarth, a volunteer for the Jim Webb campaign and an Indian American, a macaca. This started a controversy that gained national attention.
Breaks has a population of 377 people who are all white with 64.1% who are married, 34% married with children and 18.9% have children but are single.[3]
Breaks first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[4]