Editing Farmville, Virginia (section)

===Southside Railroad===
In the 1850s, the [[Southside Railroad (Virginia)|Southside Railroad]] from [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]] to [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]] was built through Farmville.<ref Name=Bright2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.csa-railroads.com/South_Side.htm |title=Confederate Railroads - South Side |last=Bright |first=David L. |date=2015 |website=Confederate Railroads |access-date=2018-01-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031909/http://www.csa-railroads.com/South_Side.htm |archive-date=2017-12-01 }}</ref>  The route, which was subsidized by a contribution from Farmville, required an expensive crossing of the Appomattox River slightly downstream, which became known as the [[High Bridge (Appomattox River)|High Bridge]]. This became the [[Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad]] in 1870; the [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] took it over, and now the line is part of the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].

The bridge and the rail line from [[Burkeville, Virginia|Burkville]] to [[Pamplin City, Virginia|Pamplin City]] was converted by Virginia Department of Parks and Recreation into [[High Bridge Trail State Park]], based on a rail to trail project.