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Emporia

Emporia is an independent city in the Commonwealth of , surrounded by , United States. Emporia and a predecessor town have been the county seat of Greensville County since 1791.
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  • Type: Town with 5,630 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Belfield”, “Emporia, VA”, “Emporia, Virginia”, “Hicks Ford”, “Hicks‘ Ford”, “Hicksford”, and “Hicksville”
  • Postal code: 23847

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greensville County Courthouse Complex and Village View.

Courthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic courthouse complex located at South Main Street between Hicksford Avenue and Spring Street in Emporia, Virginia.

Building
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Mansion House, is a historic home located at Emporia, Virginia. It was built about 1815, and substantially improved in 1826.

School
is a public high school located in Emporia, Virginia, serving that city and . It is part of the Greensville County School Division and opened in 1976.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durand and Moonlight.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is primarily a farming community along US 58, west of Emporia, and is the home of the Mecklenburg Electrical Cooperative, a local power company. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Emporia.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located just north of Emporia along US 301, near the vicinity of Exits 12 and 13, off Interstate 95. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Emporia.

Hamlet
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The community is located along US 301 and Virginia Secondary Route 629 east of Exit 4 along Interstate 95. is situated 5 miles south of Emporia.

Emporia

Latitude
36.68598° or 36° 41′ 10″ north
Longitude
-77.54248° or 77° 32′ 33″ west
Population
5,630
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ERA
Open location code
8784MFP5+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158585125
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4757673
Wiki­data ID
Q177678
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Emporia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إمبوريا (فيرجينيا)”
  • Arabic: “إمبوريا”
  • Basque: “Emporia city konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Emporia City”
  • Bavarian: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Cebuano: “Emporia”
  • Chechen: “Эмпория”
  • Chinese: “恩波里亚”
  • Chinese: “恩波里亞”
  • Czech: “Emporia”
  • Dutch: “Emporia”
  • Esperanto: “Emporia (Virginio)”
  • Esperanto: “Emporia”
  • Finnish: “Emporia”
  • French: “Emporia”
  • French: “Municipalité d’Emporia”
  • German: “Emporia”
  • Gilaki: “امپوریا”
  • Haitian: “Emporia, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Emporia”
  • Hungarian: “Emporia”
  • Irish: “Emporia”
  • Italian: “Emporia”
  • Japanese: “エンポリア”
  • Korean: “엠포리아”
  • Ladin: “Emporia”
  • Low German: “Emporia”
  • Malagasy: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Emporia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Emporia”
  • Persian: “امپوریا، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “امپوریا”
  • Polish: “Emporia”
  • Portuguese: “Emporia”
  • Russian: “Эмпория”
  • Serbian: “Емпорија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Emporia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “امپوریا، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Spanish: “Emporia”
  • Swedish: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Emporia”
  • Tatar: “Эмпория (Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Эмпория”
  • Turkish: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Emporia”
  • Ukrainian: “Емпорія”
  • Urdu: “ایمپوریا، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ایمپوریا”
  • Vietnamese: “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Emporia”
  • Volapük: “Emporia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Emporia, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Emporia”
  • Welsh: “Emporia”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum and American Legion Hall.

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