Amelia, West Virginia | |
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  Amelia Location in West Virginia and the United States  Amelia Amelia (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°17′21″N81°17′45″W / 38.28917°N 81.29583°W Coordinates: 38°17′21″N81°17′45″W / 38.28917°N 81.29583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Kanawha |
| Elevation | 1,217 ft (371 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1549564 [1] |
Amelia is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, united states.
Amelia may refer to:
Amelia County is a county located just southwest of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The county is located in Central Virginia and is included in the Greater Richmond Region. It's county seat is Amelia Courthouse.
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. In 1984, she became founding vice-president of the Schiller Institute affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche. She was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal in 1990.
James Pleasants Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825.
U.S. Route 360 is a spur of US 60 in the U.S. state of Virginia. The U.S. Highway runs 225.31 miles (362.60 km) from US 58 Business, Virginia State Route 293, and SR 360 in Danville east to SR 644 in Reedville. US 360 connects Danville, South Boston, and Keysville in Southside Virginia with the state capital of Richmond. The U.S. Highway also connects Richmond with Tappahannock on the Middle Peninsula and the eastern Northern Neck, where the highway serves as the primary route through Northumberland County. US 360 is a four-lane divided highway for almost all of its length.
The Battle of Sailor's Creek was fought on April 6, 1865, near Farmville, Virginia, as part of the Appomattox Campaign, near the end of the American Civil War. It was the last major engagement between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac, under the overall direction of Union General-in-Chief Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
William Segar Archer was a politician, planter and lawyer from Amelia County, Virginia who served several times in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Josiah Gorgas was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and was later president of the University of Alabama.
The Battle of Amelia Springs, Virginia was an engagement between the Union Army and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia that occurred on April 5, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. It was followed by a second rear guard action near the same location on the night of April 5, 1865 and morning of April 6, 1865 during the Union Army pursuit of the Confederate forces which were fleeing westward after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia at the Third Battle of Petersburg on April 2, 1865. The actions took place just prior to the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865. That battle would be the last major engagement between the Union Army under the overall direction of Union General-in-Chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before that Confederate army's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
State Route 38 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Five Forks Road, the state highway runs 7.03 miles (11.31 km) from U.S. Route 360 Business in Amelia Court House east to SR 153 at Scotts Fork.
Amelia Court House is a census-designated place (CDP) that serves as the county seat of Amelia County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 1,099. It was named for Princess Amelia of Great Britain, the daughter of Great Britain's King George II, in 1735.
State Route 153 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 17.15 miles (27.60 km) from U.S. Route 460 near Blackstone north to US 360 near Winterham. SR 153 is the primary north–south highway of eastern Amelia County. The state highway also provides a connection between Blackstone and Richmond in conjunction with US 360.
Windsor Farms is a 20th-century neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, of primarily Colonial Revival design.
Robert Goode Southall, was an American politician and lawyer, noteworthy as the U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Virginia's 17th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district. It was eliminated in 1843 after the 1840 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Alexander H. H. Stuart.
Amelia Wildlife Management Area is a 2,217-acre (8.97 km2) Wildlife Management Area located in Amelia County, Virginia. Primarily upland habitat, it also preserves around 175 acres (0.71 km2) of bottomland hardwoods and beaver swampland along the Appomattox River. Much of the land was formerly used for farming; today it is managed to preserve wildlife habitat. The forest is mature, with gently rolling terrain, and an altitude between 200 and 300 feet above sea level. Much of the area is bounded on the north by the Appomattox River.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amelia County, Virginia.
John Pride III was an American politician from Virginia. Pride served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and as Clerk of Court for Amelia County. He was a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788, and a presidential elector in 1789 and 1792.
Eva Mae Fleming Scott was an American pharmacist, businesswoman and politician from Virginia. Despite redistricting problems, she served four consecutive two-year terms as delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. In 1979 she became the first woman elected to the Virginia State Senate, where she served a single term.
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