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'''Maplewood''' is a mostly rural [[unincorporated community]] in [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It is located at the intersection of [[Virginia State Route 640 (Amelia County)|SR 640]]/[[Virginia State Route 697 (Amelia County)|SR 697]] (Maplewood Road, a short loop segment of old US 360) and [[Virginia State Route 640 (Amelia County)|SR 640]] (Buckskin Creek Road), just off the four-lane current {{jct|state=VA|US|360}}. Maplewood straddles the border of [[ZIP code]]s 23002 ([[Amelia Court House, Virginia|Amelia Court House]]) and 23083 ([[Jetersville, Virginia|Jetersville]]). The telephone area code is [[Area code 804|804]].
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'''Maplewood''' is a mostly rural [[unincorporated community]] in southwest central [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It is located at the intersection of [[Virginia State Route 640 (Amelia County)|SR&nbsp;640]]/[[Virginia State Route 697 (Amelia County)|SR&nbsp;697]] (Maplewood Road, a short loop segment of old US 360) and [[Virginia State Route 640 (Amelia County)|SR&nbsp;640]] (Buckskin Creek Road), just off the four-lane current {{jct|state=VA|US|360}}. Maplewood straddles the border between [[ZIP code]]s 23002 ([[Amelia Court House, Virginia|Amelia Court House]]) and 23083 ([[Jetersville, Virginia|Jetersville]]). The nearest volunteer [[fire station]] is Amelia County Volunteer [[Fire Department]] Co. 3, at Jetersville, just over 2 miles southwest.

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At the turn of the 20th century, Maplewood was a [[Postal village|post village]] and a freight station (Milepost 40.0)<ref name="stewart"/> on what was then the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]],<ref name="gazetteer"/> originally the [[Richmond and Danville Railroad]]. The railroad track is still used by freight trains<ref name="crossroads"/>; it parallels Maplewood Road and is now owned by the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].<ref name="va rail"/>


Maplewood lies along the route followed by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General officer|general]] [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Army of Northern Virginia|his army]] in their retreat during the final days of the [[United States Civil War|Civil War]], before the surrender to [[Ulysses S. Grant]] at [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|Appomattox]] on April 9, 1865. The last major battle fought by Lee's army occurred a few miles west at [[Battle of Sayler's Creek|Sayler's Creek]], on the border of Amelia and [[Prince Edward County, Virginia|Prince Edward]] counties, on April 6. Numerous roadside historical marker signs line the route, including an official one on modern-day US 360 at Maplewood that reads as follows:<ref name="hmdb"/><ref name="dhr"/>
Maplewood lies along the route followed by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General officer|general]] [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Army of Northern Virginia|his army]] in their retreat during the final days of the [[United States Civil War|Civil War]], before the surrender to [[Ulysses S. Grant]] at [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|Appomattox]] on April 9, 1865. The last major battle fought by Lee's army occurred a few miles west at [[Battle of Sayler's Creek|Sayler's Creek]], on the border of Amelia and [[Prince Edward County, Virginia|Prince Edward]] counties, on April 6. Numerous roadside historical marker signs line the route, including an official one on modern-day US 360 at Maplewood that reads as follows:<ref name="hmdb"/><ref name="dhr"/>


{{quote|Near here Lee, moving south toward [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]], in the afternoon of April 5, 1865[,] found the road blocked by [[Philip Sheridan|Sheridan]]. He then turned westward by way of [[Battle of Amelia Springs|Amelia Springs]], hoping to reach the [[Southside Railroad (Virginia)|Southside (Norfolk and Western) Railroad]].}}
{{quote|Near here Lee, moving south toward [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]], in the afternoon of April 5, 1865[,] found the road blocked by [[Philip Sheridan|Sheridan]]. He then turned westward by way of [[Battle of Amelia Springs|Amelia Springs]], hoping to reach the [[Southside Railroad (Virginia)|Southside (Norfolk and Western) Railroad]].}}

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By the turn of the 20th century, Maplewood was a [[Postal village|post village]], a station on what was then the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]],<ref name="gazetteer"/> originally the [[Richmond and Danville Railroad]]. The railroad station and post office have since closed. The railroad track is still used, although only by freight trains; it parallels Maplewood Road and is now owned by the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].<ref name="va rail"/>


Amelia County is located in a small Central Virginia [[tornado]] alley and has had numerous tornado touchdowns. Tornadoes of note include the twister of April 30, 1924, which killed one person and injured seven others. Traveling from Jetersville to [[Chula, Virginia|Chula]], it destroyed seven homes in Maplewood and then passed east of the courthouse area.<ref name=tornado-hist/>
Amelia County is located in a small Central Virginia [[tornado]] alley and has had numerous tornado touchdowns. Tornadoes of note include the twister of April 30, 1924, which killed one person and injured seven others. Traveling from Jetersville to [[Chula, Virginia|Chula]], it destroyed seven homes in Maplewood and then passed east of the courthouse area.<ref name=tornado-hist/>


In 1993 the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility opened, replacing the previous county-operated landfill. The complex, with entrance from Maplewood Road west of Buckskin Creek Road, currently covers a total area of 794 acres,<ref name="co govt"/> more than one square mile. In the aftermath of the 2014 coal-ash spill in [[Eden, North Carolina|Eden]], North Carolina, [[Duke Energy]] shipped a portion of the remaining coal ash from its containment pond at the [[Dan River Steam Station]] in Eden via rail to the Maplewood facility.<ref name="va places"/>
In 1993 the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility opened, replacing the previous county-operated landfill. The complex, with entrance from Maplewood Road west of Buckskin Creek Road, currently covers a total area of 794 acres,<ref name="co govt"/> more than one square mile. In the aftermath of the 2014 coal-ash spill in [[Eden, North Carolina|Eden]], North Carolina, [[Duke Energy]] shipped a portion of the remaining [[fly ash|coal ash]] from its containment pond at the [[Dan River Steam Station]] in Eden via rail to the Maplewood facility.<ref name="va places"/>


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="hmdb"> [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=86137 Lee's Retreat, Marker VA M-12], The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="hmdb"> [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=86137 "Lee's Retreat", Virginia marker M-12], The Historical Marker Database, J.J. Prats, editor and publisher, Powell, Ohio. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="dhr"> [https://vcris.dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/ Marker Online Database Search, Marker VA M-12], Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="dhr"> [https://vcris.dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/ Marker Online Database Search, Marker M-12], Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="stewart"> Stewart, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=n1GfBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT150&dq=winterham&pg=PT150#v=onepage&q=winterham&f=false "Milepost 40.0: Maplewood"], ''Jefferson Davis's Flight from Richmond: The Calm Morning, Lee's Telegrams, the Evacuation, the Train, the Passengers, the Trip, the Arrival in Danville and the Historians' Frauds''. [[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]], NC: [[McFarland & Company]], 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref>
<ref name="gazetteer"> [https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0232/report.pdf ''A Gazetteer of Virginia''], Henry Gannett, USGS: 1904, page 96. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="gazetteer"> Gannett, Henry. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0232/report.pdf ''A Gazetteer of Virginia''], US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 232, Series F: Geography, 40, page 96. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="crossroads"> Hingley, Audrey T. [https://www.co-opliving.com/articles/crossroads-october-2018/ "Jetersville: An oasis of calm amid encroaching development"]. "Crossroads", ''Cooperative Living'' Magazine, October 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref>
<ref name="va rail"> http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/media/2944/2019-09-24_front-of-rail-map_print-final.pdf. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="va rail"> http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/media/2944/2019-09-24_front-of-rail-map_print-final.pdf. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
<ref name=tornado-hist> {{cite web |author=Bill Sammler |url=http://www.vaemergency.gov/news/history/tornado |title=Tornado History |publisher=Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)-Vaemergency.gov |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317075510/http://www.vaemergency.gov/news/history/tornado |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=tornado-hist> {{cite web |author=Bill Sammler |url=http://www.vaemergency.gov/news/history/tornado |title=Tornado History |publisher=Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)-Vaemergency.gov |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317075510/http://www.vaemergency.gov/news/history/tornado |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="co govt"> [https://va-ameliacounty.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/128/Getting-to-Know-Your-Maplewood-Landfill-PDF "Getting to Know Your Maplewood Landfill"], Amelia County Department of Environmental Management, May 24, 2021. Amelia County, Virginia, official government website. Retrieved November 29, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="co govt"> [https://ameliacova.com/DocumentCenter/View/128/Getting-to-Know-Your-Maplewood-Landfill-PDF "Getting to Know Your Maplewood Landfill"], Amelia County Department of Environmental Management, May 24, 2021. Amelia County, Virginia, official government website. Retrieved November 29, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="va places"> [http://www.virginiaplaces.org/waste/maplewood.html Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility in Amelia County], Virginia Places. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
<ref name="va places"> [http://www.virginiaplaces.org/waste/maplewood.html "Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility in Amelia County"], Virginia Places, Charles A. Grymes. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>
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Maplewood, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Maplewood, Virginia is located in Virginia
Maplewood, Virginia
Maplewood, Virginia
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Maplewood, Virginia is located in the United States
Maplewood, Virginia
Maplewood, Virginia
Maplewood, Virginia (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°18′56″N 78°02′56″W / 37.31554°N 78.04884°W / 37.31554; -78.04884
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAmelia
Elevation
397 ft (121 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
23002, 23083
Area code804
GNIS feature ID1477518

Maplewood is a mostly rural unincorporated community in southwest central Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located at the intersection of SR 640/SR 697 (Maplewood Road, a short loop segment of old US 360) and SR 640 (Buckskin Creek Road), just off the four-lane current US 360. Maplewood straddles the border between ZIP codes 23002 (Amelia Court House) and 23083 (Jetersville). The nearest volunteer fire station is Amelia County Volunteer Fire Department Co. 3, at Jetersville, just over 2 miles southwest.

At the turn of the 20th century, Maplewood was a post village and a freight station (Milepost 40.0)[1] on what was then the Southern Railway,[2] originally the Richmond and Danville Railroad. The railroad track is still used by freight trains[3]; it parallels Maplewood Road and is now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway.[4]

Maplewood lies along the route followed by Confederate general Robert E. Lee and his army in their retreat during the final days of the Civil War, before the surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. The last major battle fought by Lee's army occurred a few miles west at Sayler's Creek, on the border of Amelia and Prince Edward counties, on April 6. Numerous roadside historical marker signs line the route, including an official one on modern-day US 360 at Maplewood that reads as follows:[5][6]

Near here Lee, moving south toward Danville, in the afternoon of April 5, 1865[,] found the road blocked by Sheridan. He then turned westward by way of Amelia Springs, hoping to reach the Southside (Norfolk and Western) Railroad.

Amelia County is located in a small Central Virginia tornado alley and has had numerous tornado touchdowns. Tornadoes of note include the twister of April 30, 1924, which killed one person and injured seven others. Traveling from Jetersville to Chula, it destroyed seven homes in Maplewood and then passed east of the courthouse area.[7]

In 1993 the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility opened, replacing the previous county-operated landfill. The complex, with entrance from Maplewood Road west of Buckskin Creek Road, currently covers a total area of 794 acres,[8] more than one square mile. In the aftermath of the 2014 coal-ash spill in Eden, North Carolina, Duke Energy shipped a portion of the remaining coal ash from its containment pond at the Dan River Steam Station in Eden via rail to the Maplewood facility.[9]

References

  1. ^ Stewart, John. "Milepost 40.0: Maplewood", Jefferson Davis's Flight from Richmond: The Calm Morning, Lee's Telegrams, the Evacuation, the Train, the Passengers, the Trip, the Arrival in Danville and the Historians' Frauds. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Virginia, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 232, Series F: Geography, 40, page 96. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Hingley, Audrey T. "Jetersville: An oasis of calm amid encroaching development". "Crossroads", Cooperative Living Magazine, October 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  4. ^ http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/media/2944/2019-09-24_front-of-rail-map_print-final.pdf. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Lee's Retreat", Virginia marker M-12, The Historical Marker Database, J.J. Prats, editor and publisher, Powell, Ohio. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Marker Online Database Search, Marker M-12, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Bill Sammler (July 1, 2008). "Tornado History". Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)-Vaemergency.gov. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "Getting to Know Your Maplewood Landfill", Amelia County Department of Environmental Management, May 24, 2021. Amelia County, Virginia, official government website. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility in Amelia County", Virginia Places, Charles A. Grymes. Retrieved November 16, 2021.


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