Emporia (Virginia)

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Emporia is an independent city in Virginia, United States. Greenville County to the city, although it is independent, is often counted Emporia completely surrounds. Emporia is the county seat of Greenville County.

Geography

The city has an area of 18.1 km ², of which 17.8 km ² of land and 0.2 km ² ( 1.00% ) is water.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Henry Jordan (1935-1977), American football player
  • Lawrence Lucie (1907-2009), jazz guitarist

Name Variants

The city has some name variants:

  • Belfield
  • Hicks Ford
  • Hicks ' Ford
  • Hicks Ford
  • Hicksville
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