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Midlothian (/ m ɪ d ˈ l oʊ θ i ə n / mid-LOH-thee-ən) is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S. Settled as a coal town, Midlothian village experienced suburbanization effects and is now part of the western suburbs of Richmond, Virginia south of the James River in the Greater Richmond Region. [4]
Midlothian: 4: Bellwood: Bellwood: December 12, 1978 : 8000 U.S. Route 301: Richmond: Plantation house originally known as Sheffields and later as Auburn Chase. [6] Boundary increase on August 1, 2013. 5: Bethel Baptist Church: Bethel Baptist Church
Coal mining in the Midlothian area of Chesterfield County began in the 18th century. Around 1701, French Huguenot settlers to the area discovered coal. In a 1709 diary entry William Byrd II , the wealthy planter who had purchased 344 acres (1.4 km 2 ) of land in the area, noted that "the coaler found the coal mine very good and sufficient to ...
Manchester High School is a high school located in the unincorporated town of Midlothian in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The school is a part of Chesterfield County Public Schools . History
Trabue's Tavern, also known as Pleasant View, is a historic plantation house and former tavern located near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia.The original section was built about 1730, and consists of two parts—an early 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story western wing with a lean-to and a later two-story eastern wing with a one-story rear lean-to.
Bethel Baptist Church is a historic church complex and cemetery located at Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a brick church with a steeply pitched gable roof in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is the third church on this site. Wings were added to the original church in 1906, 1980, and 1987.
Aetna Hill is a house in Midlothian, Virginia. It was built soon after 1791 by Thompson Blunt, who had just married Frances Morrisette, a granddaughter of Pierre Morrisette, one of the early Huguenot settlers. [1] [2] This original building consisted of "a 1 1/2 story Huguenot-style structure with a three-bay facade and twin front doors". [3]
Hallsborough Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia.The original center section was built about 1790, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay, double pen frame structure on a brick foundation.