Paineville, Virginia
Paineville, Virginia | |
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 Former country store in Paineville | |
  Paineville, Virginia Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia  Paineville, Virginia Paineville, Virginia (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°23′15″N 78°07′13″W / 37.38750°N 78.12028°WCoordinates: 37°23′15″N 78°07′13″W / 37.38750°N 78.12028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Amelia |
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 23002, 23083 |
| Area code | 804 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1477604 |
Paineville is a rural unincorporated community in western Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located around the intersections of SR 616 (S. Genito Road) with SR 644 (Fowlkes Bridge Road / Rocky Ford Road). Paineville straddles the border of ZIP codes 23002 (Amelia Court House) and 23083 (Jetersville). The community has its own fire station, Amelia County Volunteer Fire Department Company 5.
Paineville was among the first towns in Amelia to get its own post office; as early as 1803, a "Painville" in Amelia County was on the official "List of Post-Offices in the United States" published by the Post Office Department.[1] The branch there has since closed.
On April 5, 1865, during the final days of the Civil War, as General Robert E. Lee and his army continued their westward retreat, Union troops attacked and destroyed a Confederate wagon train near Paineville[2] (often called "Painesville" in period sources). The engagement was one of the few, if not the only one, to involve Black Confederate troops.[3] The surrender to Ulysses S. Grant took place at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
In the 1960s, the property of historical Paineville School, on Route 616, was put up for auction along with several other small schoolhouses in Amelia County.[4]
References
- ^ List of Post-Offices in the United States, United States Official Postal Guide, page 27. Washington: Post Office Department, 1803. The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress, Series 7: Miscellaneous Bound Volumes (9). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ From Richmond and Petersburg to Appomattox, Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Dunkerly, Robert M. To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy, page 10. Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers, 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ The Farmville Herald, Volume 77, Number 50, 17 March 1967, page 8C. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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