Prospect, Virginia

Coordinates: 37°18′11″N 78°33′33″W / 37.30306°N 78.55917°W / 37.30306; -78.55917
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Prospect is an

unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States.[1] This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway.[2] The rail line from Burkville to Pamplin City, the stop after Prospect, was converted by Virginia Department of Parks and Recreation into High Bridge Trail State Park
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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prospect, Virginia
  2. ^ Bright, David L. (2015). "Confederate Railroads - South Side". Confederate Railroads. Retrieved January 25, 2018.