Whitmell, Virginia
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Whitmell Farm-Life School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia | |
Whitmell Location within Virginia and the United States Whitmell Whitmell (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°42′08″N 79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| Named after | Whitmell P. Tunstall |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Whitmell is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is the location of the now-closed historic Whitmell Farm-Life School named for Whitmell P. Tunstall, a lawyer and state legislator.
It was originally named Chestnut Grove. An 1855 gazetteer listed the village as having "3 stores, several tobacco factories, and about 100 inhabitants".[1]
References
- ^ Edwards, Richard (1855). Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Richard Edwards. p. 207.
36°42′08″N 79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W