Green Bay, Prince Edward County, Virginia

Green Bay
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°8′2″N78°18′53″W / 37.13389°N 78.31472°W / 37.13389; -78.31472
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Prince Edward
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

Green Bay is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States located on US Highway 360 between Burkeville Virginia and Keysville Virginia. ^[1] Peach growing in the area was very successful during the 1930s and 1940s, but finally succumbed to the advancement of larger growers and the change in technique and labor availabilities.^{[ citation needed ]} Rail access was a mainline by Norfolk and Western Railway and also the Southern Railway which have merged to form Norfolk Southern.^{[ citation needed ]}

Twin Lakes State Park is located close to Green Bay. Formerly the racially-segregated Goodwin Lake and Prince Edward Lake, the two parks merged in 1976 and adopted the current name in 1986.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Bay, Prince Edward County, Virginia