Emporia, Virginia Emporia, Virginia Downtown Emporia Downtown Emporia Official seal of Emporia, Virginia State Virginia County None (Independent city) Emporia is an autonomous town/city located inside the confines of Greensville County, Virginia, United States.
It and a predecessor town have been the governmental center of county of Greensville County since 1791. As of the 2010 census, the populace was 5,927, making it the second-least crowded city in Virginia.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the town/city of Emporia with encircling Greensville county for statistical purposes.
Emporia has long been a transit crossroads.
Although rivers further to the north empty into the James River and Chesapeake Bay, the Meherrin River, like the Nottoway River and the Blackwater River, empties to the southeast into Albemarle Sound.
The Town of Hicksford (also sometimes called Hick's Ford) was settled in 1710 in the Virginia Colony, where the Fort Road of easterly Virginia crossed the Meherrin River en route to Fort Christanna, as well as on a primary north-south trail used by indigenous citizens s and sometimes called the "Halifax road".
Greensville County separated from Brunswick county in 1781 and Hicksford became the governmental center of county (court convening monthly at a close-by tavern).
After statehood, the Virginia General Assembly recognized the Town of Belfield on the river's northern bank in 1798, and Hicksford on the southern bank the next year. An 1847 account documented 12 to 20 dwellings in Hickford worth about $10,025 and Belfield's buildings at $3050, while in 1865 Hicksford's buildings were valued at $20,700 and Belfield's at $3650, although by 1885 Hicksford had only grown to $22,915 while Belfield had grown to 7300. (1855-1887) received a charter for the Atlantic and Danville Railway, which he prepared would go from Portsmouth as had the Weldon barns , but more westward through the Meherrin river towns. In 1887, Hicksford and Belfield consolidated , forming the new incorporated town of Emporia, which was titled after the town of Emporia, Kansas, home town of Tillar's friend U.S.
However, the barns boom proved short-lived, as poor farm conditions and the Panic of 1893 caused the county's populace to decline between 1880 and 1890.
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad also ran through Emporia.
Emporia was re-chartered in 1892, and the town issued its first bonds (to establish a water plant, lighting and street improvements) in 1900.
The Virginia General Assembly re-chartered the Town of Emporia as an autonomous town/city in 1967, five years after the Norfolk and Western Railway purchased and reorganized the Atlantic and Danville Railway.
Now, a primary north-south CSX stockyards line crosses a Norfolk Southern east-west line in Emporia.
Route 58 cross Emporia east-west and Interstate 95 and U.S.
Route 301 cross north-south, so providing services for passengers continues meaningful in undivided Emporia.
Historic buildings in Emporia include the Belfield-Emporia Historic District, Hicksford-Emporia Historic District, Greensville County Courthouse Complex, Greensville County Training School, H.
Emporia is positioned at 36 41 34 N 77 32 17 W (36.693018, -77.53809). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.0 square miles (18.1 km2), of which 6.9 square miles (17.9 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.1%) is water. The town/city is positioned about 65 miles south of Richmond, about 80 miles west of Norfolk and about 60 miles north of Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
The City of Emporia is very close to Gaston, North Carolina.
The City of Emporia also has the high school, Greensville County High School and the Emporia branch of Southside Virginia Community College.
Climate data for Emporia, Virginia.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 5,927 citizens living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 42.45% White, 56.15% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other competitions, and 0.42% from two or more competitions.
By percentage of counties or autonomous cities, Emporia has the highest populace of Muslims in the United States as of the 2010 census, with 28.99 % of the autonomous town/city being adhering Muslims. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Emporia Bicycling Club hosts regular group rides, including the annual Great Peanut ride which attracts hundreds of bicyclists who ride to visit a peanut farm and are treated to hearty meals and live entertainment at camp.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Emporia has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Bryant Stith, star basketball player at University of Virginia, and former NBA player National Register of Historic Places listings in Emporia, Virginia United States Enumeration Bureau.
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