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Kingsville
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Virginia
County Prince Edward
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Kingsville is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. It sits on the intersection of VA 133 and US 15

Historical Significance

  • Before the American Revolution, Kingsville was the site of "King's Tavern."
  • The British cavalryman, Banastre Tarleton, raiding, camped in Kingsville in 1781, in the same year sick and wounded French soldiers were brought to this Kingsville from Yorktown. Seventy of them are buried in Kingsville.
  • Kingsville is the site of the colonial church of which Archibald McRoberts was minister.
Municipalities and communities of Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
Towns
CDP
Unincorporated
communities
Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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