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Yes, There is a Real Farmville
It’s situated in the geographical center of the state of Virginia.
Farmville,Virginia is the seat of Prince Edward County, Virginia and at last check had a population of 6,845 residents and still counting. It’s located at the confluence of U.S. 15, SR 45 and U.S. 460 and is the home of Longwood University.
I first learned of Farmville while living in Norfolk. Virginians love to talk about the civil war days even though it did not end favorably for them. “The south will rise again” is a catch phrase that continues to show up on tees and bumper stickers from time to time but Farmville played a major roll toward the end of the Confederacy.
The rebel army was perilously short of supplies and rations in the spring of 1865 and Farmville was targeted by the Confederate Army to replenish its needs. The supply train was supposed to have gone to Danville but was diverted to Farmville instead. An advance by the Confederate calvary under the command of Fitzhugh Lee was halted when the Union calvary and two divisions of infantrymen arrived, commanded by General Philip Sheridan. The rebel forces attempted to flee across the Farmville High Bridge but the entire Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E. Lee was quickly surrounded and the surrender took place at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
image via wikipedia
Today, Farmville is a growing bedroom community due to its proximity to Lynchburg and Richmond. Many Longwood alumni choose to remain to take advantage of the low cost of living. Longwood is generally considered a teachers school and was previously called State Female Normal School. It is known as the mother of sororities as four major ones were founded there: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Delta.
Those of you who grow crops, raise animals, fertilize your neighbor’s fields and do everything necessary to build and maintain a farm in cyberspace, remember–long before there was a Facebook there was already a Farmville…in Virginia.
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Well researched!
Unique one to read
Interesting.
Brilliant…..I prefer your Farmville to that bloody annoying Facebook one!
I don’t get on Facebook so I don’t know what Farmville is all about but I think I would like your Farmville better. I love good fresh air and I don’t think I can find that on Facebook.
Nicely presented with lots of info.TX
Interesting presentation
WOW… I never realised it was a real place, I did think you had worked out how to use facebook! LOL
Loved the article and the beautiful black and white pics!
Excellent article and Farmville sounds like my kind of town. Will take it any day over Facebook.
*Kisses Ken on the cheek*
Fantastic article! Very informative.
What a brillaint write yet again! The ending tied it all togther beautifully Ken! Very,very good stuff!!
A rather lengthy story. I thought you are referring to smallville.
Awesome write!
Always good stuff comes from this ken fella
Well, its like Timbuktu, guess all these are real places after all.
Ken, I had never heard of Farmville but it sounds like an interesting place.
Interesting that there is a real Farmville. I’m afraid the one in cyberspace doesn’t produce much in the way of edibles.
My brother likes farmville. I asked him to farm in real life to earn real money.
hmm very well found thank you
Very interesting piece of history.
Great work ken…
An interesting one.