Whitmell, Virginia

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Whitmell Farm-Life School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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Whitmell
Whitmell (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°42′08″N79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W / 36.70222; -79.52361
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

  1. Edwards, Richard (1855). Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Richard Edwards. p.  207.

36°42′08″N79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W / 36.70222; -79.52361