Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr.

Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr. (HMCFS)

Location: Emporia, VA 23847
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 41.26', W 77° 32.521'

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Benjamin Donaldson Tillar, Jr. (1853-1887), a Greensville County native, president of the Atlantic and Danville Railroad, and member of the House of Delegates, is known as "the man who named Emporia." Two villages, Hicksford and Belfield, merged in 1887 to form the town. Tillar named the town after Emporia, Kansas, the hometown of his friend, United States Senator Preston B. Plumb. Emporia comes from the Latin word meaning a place of plenty where business is transacted. The town became a city in 1967.
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HM NumberHMCFS
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Marker NumberUM 39
Year Placed1992
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 4:31am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 272878 N 4063236
Decimal Degrees36.68766667, -77.54201667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 41.26', W 77° 32.521'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 41' 15.60" N, 77° 32' 31.26" W
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Area Code(s)434
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 201-263 US-301, Emporia VA 23847, US
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