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 Ruins of the Grove Shaft air-pumping station, now part of the Mid-Lothian Mines Park. | |
  Midlothian Location of Midlothian, Virginia  Midlothian Midlothian (Virginia)  Midlothian Midlothian (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°31′17.4″N 77°39′53.2″W / 37.521500°N 77.664778°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| County | Chesterfield |
| Settled | c.1700 |
| Founded | c.1730 |
| Founded by | Wooldridge brothers |
| Named for | Mid-Lothian Mining and Manufacturing Company |
| Government | |
| • District supervisor | Mark S. Miller, Ph.D. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.64 sq mi (22.4 km2) |
| • Land | 8.568 sq mi (22.19 km2) |
| • Water | 0.072 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
| Elevation | 367 ft (112 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18,320 |
| • Density | 2,120.4/sq mi (818.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 23112, 23113, 23114 |
| Area code | 804 |
| Website | www |
Midlothian (/mɪdˈloʊθiən/ 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] Because of its unincorporated status, Midlothian has no formal government, and the name is used to represent the original small Village of Midlothian and a vast expanse of Chesterfield County in the northwest portion of Southside Richmond served by the Midlothian post office.
The Village of Midlothian was named for the early 18th-century coal mining enterprises of the Wooldridge family. Incorporated in 1836, their Mid-Lothian Mining and Manufacturing Company employed free and enslaved people to do the deadly work of digging underground.[5] Midlothian is the site of the first commercially-mined coal in the Colony of Virginia and North America.[6]
By the early 18th century, several mines were being developed in Chesterfield County by French Huguenots and others. The mine owners began to export the commodity from the region in the 1730s. Midlothian-area coal from Harry Heth's Black Heath mines heated the U.S. White House for President Thomas Jefferson.[7][8] The transportation needs of coal shipping stimulated construction of a paved toll road (Virginia's first), the Manchester Turnpike in 1807; and the Chesterfield Railroad, Virginia's first, in 1831; each traveled the 13 miles (21 km) from the mining community to the port of Manchester, just below the Fall Line of the James River. In 1850, the Richmond and Danville Railroad built Coalfield Station, a freight and later passenger depot, near the mines.
In the 1920s, the old turnpike was straightened and became part of the new east-west U.S. Route 60. A few decades later, residential neighborhoods were developed in Southside Richmond near Midlothian, including the large Salisbury community and the Brandermill planned development sited on Swift Creek Reservoir. In the 21st century, Midlothian extends many miles beyond the original village area.[9][10] State Route 288 connects the community with Interstate 64 and the State Route 76 "Powhite Parkway" toll road, and Interstate 95 in the Richmond metropolitan area's southwestern quadrant.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Midlothian
- ^ "County of Chesterfield, VA | Midlothian District - Mark S. Miller, Ph.D. - Midlothian District". www.chesterfield.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Midlothian CDP; Virginia - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. US Census Bureau. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Midlothian". Virginia is for Lovers. Virginia Tourism Corporation. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ "Historic Overview Mid-Lothian Mines and Railroad Foundation - Midlothian, Virginia". Mid-Lothian Mines Park. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Nelson, Scott Reynolds (1999). Iron Confederacies: Southern Railways, Klan Violence, and Reconstruction. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807848036.
- ^ "Heath Gravity RR Marker is back". Salisbury Homeowners. The Salisbury Courier. 2013. p. 1. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Farina, Elizabeth (May 1, 2009). "Celebrate Mid-Lothian Mines, the village's history on May 2". Richmond-Times Dispatch. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Board of Supervisors, Chesterfield County, Virginia (December 11, 2019), Midlothian Community Special Area Plan
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