Prince Edward County, Virginia

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administrative territorial entity county

Prince Edward County, Virginia is a rural county in south-central Virginia historically known for its central role in the civil rights movement, particularly its resistance to school desegregation.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
associatedWithCourtCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
borders Amelia County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Appomattox County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Appomattox River ⓘ
Buckingham County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charlotte County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumberland County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nottoway County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economyType rural ⓘ
formedFrom Amelia County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasAreaCode 434 ⓘ
hasCountySeat Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 51147 ⓘ
hasGNISID 1498563 ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance American civil rights movement ⓘ
school desegregation in the United States ⓘ
hasInstitution Hampden–Sydney College ⓘ
Longwood University ⓘ
hasLandUse agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hasLargestTown Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviation VA ⓘ
involvedIn Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation ⓘ
surface form: Brown v. Board of Education implementation conflict

Massive Resistance ⓘ
knownFor closure of public schools from 1959 to 1964 ⓘ
resistance to public school desegregation ⓘ
locatedIn Southside Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ
locatedInFederalState Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion south-central Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
partOf Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
partOfMetropolitanArea Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Farmville micropolitan area
siteOf Prince Edward County Free School Association ⓘ
Prince Edward County public school closings ⓘ
segregation academies ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
traversedBy U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Blanche K. Bruce → birthPlace → Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
Southside Virginia → contains → Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → location → Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ