Whitmell, Virginia

Whitmell
Whitmell Farm-Life School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Whitmell Farm-Life School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Whitmell is located in Virginia
Whitmell
Whitmell
Location within Virginia and the United States
Whitmell is located in the United States
Whitmell
Whitmell
Whitmell (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°42′08″N 79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W / 36.70222; -79.52361
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyPittsylvania
Named afterWhitmell P. Tunstall
Time zoneUTC−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″N 79°31′25″W / 36.70222°N 79.52361°W / 36.70222; -79.52361