Editing Burkeville, Virginia (section)

== History ==
The Town of Burkeville, Virginia was established in 1877.

[[File:Map of Burksville and Jennings Ordinary Area of Nottoway County, Virginia, from 1864.jpg|thumb|left|Burksville and Jennings Ordinary area of Nottoway County, Virginia, 1864]]

Burkeville was named either for a tavern or for a Samuel Burke, and was formerly called "Burke's Junction". It was founded at the junction of the [[Richmond and Danville Railroad]] and the [[Southside Railroad (Virginia)|Southside Railroad]] in the mid-nineteenth century.<ref name="1855 Gazetteer">{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Richard|title=Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia|date=1855|publisher=Richard Edwards|location=Richmond, Virginia|page=[https://archive.org/details/statisticalgazet00edwa/page/193 193]|url=https://archive.org/details/statisticalgazet00edwa}}</ref> The Southside became the [[Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad]] in 1870, then a line in the [[Norfolk and Western Railway]], and finally a line in the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].

The rail line from Burkeville to [[Pamplin City, Virginia|Pamplin City]], after being abandoned, was converted by the Virginia Department of Parks and Recreation into [[High Bridge Trail State Park]]. The state of Virginia has still yet to complete the portion from approximately 1 mile out into the town of Burkeville as of July 1, 2023.

The last major Civil War battle in the [[Appomattox campaign]] was fought nearby at [[Battle of Sayler's Creek|Sayler's Creek]] on April 6, 1865. Here were unconditionally surrendered more men than in any other battle on American soil. General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s depleted forces lost over 7,000 men killed, wounded, or taken prisoner either at Sayler's Creek or at General [[John B. Gordon]]'s engagement the same day, a few miles west. Lee surrendered at [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox]] three days later.

[[Ella Graham Agnew]] was appointed in 1910 by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] to be the first State Agent for women, and was the first woman to be appointed by the Department to represent it in the field. She had moved to the town as a baby and was later buried in the community's Sunset Cemetery.

[[Burke's Tavern]], [[Hyde Park (Burkeville, Virginia)|Hyde Park]], and [[Inverness (Burkeville, Virginia)|Inverness]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>