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Place Name
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Emporia
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Greensville County
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Population
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5,306 (1990)
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Location
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Greensville County, Virginia (VA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°41'N
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Longitude
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77°32'W
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Emporia
, independent city (
7 sq mi/18.1 sq km; 1990 pop.
5,306),  Greensville co., S Va. (separate from surrounding
Greensville co.), on Meherrin R., 38 mi/61 km
SSW of Petersburg, near N.C. state line; 36°41'N 77°32'W. RR
junction; mfg. (wooden wall panels, plywood, printing and publishing,
iron castings, poultry processing, textile dyeing and finishing,
clothing); shipping; processing center for agr. (cotton, peanuts,
tobacco, grain, melons, soybeans; poultry, livestock); timber area. Co.
courthouse dates from 1787. Emporia Municipal Airport to E. Inc. 1887.
Est. as independent city in 1967.
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