Emporia, Virginia

E224314

human settlement independent city

Emporia, Virginia is an independent city in southern Virginia known as a regional crossroads for transportation and commerce near the North Carolina border.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Emporia, Virginia canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ independent city ⓘ
areaCode	434 ⓘ
borderedBy	Greensville County, Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distanceToPetersburgInMiles	approximately 65 ⓘ
distanceToRaleighInMiles	approximately 80 ⓘ
distanceToRichmondInMiles	approximately 75 ⓘ
elevationInMeters	20 ⓘ
FIPSCode	51-25744 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1499410 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude	36.685 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude	-77.542 ⓘ
hasHistoricPredecessor	Belfield, Virginia ⓘ Hicksford, Virginia ⓘ
hasMajorJunction	Interstate 95 ⓘ surface form: Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 58
hasNearbyInterstateExit	Interstate 95 Exit 11 ⓘ Interstate 95 Exit 11 ⓘ surface form: Interstate 95 Exit 8
hasPublicSchoolSystem	Greensville County Public Schools ⓘ
hasRiverCrossing	Meherrin River bridges on U.S. Route 301 and U.S. Route 58 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1967 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Greensville County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn	Greensville County, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	none (not part of a major metropolitan statistical area) ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southside Virginia ⓘ surface form: Southern Virginia
locatedNear	North Carolina border ⓘ
locatedOn	Meherrin River ⓘ
mergedFrom	Belfield, Virginia ⓘ Hicksford, Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter	Emporia, Kansas ⓘ
nearestLargeCity	Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	yes ⓘ
partOf	Southside Virginia ⓘ
postalCode	23847 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities	hospitality and lodging ⓘ retail trade ⓘ transportation services ⓘ
regionallyKnownFor	highway travel services along Interstate 95 ⓘ truck stops and motels ⓘ
role	regional commercial center ⓘ regional transportation crossroads ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy	Interstate 95 ⓘ U.S. Route 301 ⓘ U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southside Virginia → contains → Emporia, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond metropolitan area → containsIndependentCity → Emporia, Virginia ⓘ

Greensville County, Virginia → countySeat → Emporia, Virginia ⓘ

Greensville County, Virginia → contains → Emporia, Virginia ⓘ