In the 1850s, the Southside Railroad from Petersburg to Lynchburg was built through Farmville. The coal from this small pit was used to fuel his blacksmith shop on the same property." The coal deposits are part of the Farmville Basin, one of the Eastern North America Rift Basins west of modern-day, Virginia State Route 45. Īnother coal pit in the 1880s was worked on the W.W. This company was still in operation into the 1880s. In 1837 the General Assembly granted a charter to The Prince Edward Coal Mining Company to mine and sell coal. He started in 1833 working on a seam, which was two feet thick. John Flournoy was the first to mine coal near Farmville. Local coal The Prince Edward Coal Mining Company Type People of African and European descent worked for the same wages, built a church together, and could have resort to the court of law within the 350-acre town. Israel Hill was home to both White people and free African-American laborers, craftsmen, and farmers freed from the end of the Revolutionary War to around 1810. Many of the boatmen who worked near Farmville were free people of color. The canals were used until railroads were constructed in this area. Enslaved African Americans built the canal system that allowed commodity crops of tobacco and farm produce to be loaded on a James River bateau in Farmville and shipped to Petersburg, Virginia. Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System īetween 17, Farmville was the end of the line for the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System, built to improve navigation on the river. Near the headwaters of the Appomattox River, the town of Farmville was formed in 1798 and incorporated in 1912. The town is the home of Longwood University and is the town nearest to Hampden–Sydney College. US 15, VA 45 and US 460 now intersect at Farmville. Since the late 20th century, the former railway has been converted to the High Bridge Trail State Park, a more than 30-mile-long (48 km) rail trail park. In the 19th century, a railroad was constructed here. įarmville developed near the headwaters of the Appomattox River in central Virginia the waterway was long its main transportation access to other markets. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County. The population was 7,473 at the 2020 census. Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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