Rodophil, Virginia

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Rodophil
Unincorporated community
Front of Ingleside, historic home located at 10920 Rodophil Road
Front of Ingleside, historic home located at 10920 Rodophil Road
Rodophil is located in Virginia
Rodophil
Rodophil
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 37°22′06″N 78°09′24.4″W / 37.36833°N 78.156778°W / 37.36833; -78.156778Coordinates: 37°22′06″N 78°09′24.4″W / 37.36833°N 78.156778°W / 37.36833; -78.156778
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAmelia
Elevation
456 ft (139 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
23002, 23083
Area code(s)804
GNIS feature ID1477694

Rodophil is a rural unincorporated community in western Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia, located at the intersection of SR 616 (S. Genito Road) and the southern terminus of SR 620 (Rodophil Road). It straddles the border of ZIP codes 23002 (Amelia Court House) and 23083 (Jetersville), and is served by the Paineville volunteer fire department.

The community was named for Rodophil Jeter (1765-1843), for whose family Jetersville was also named. Rodophil Jeter owned property in the area, and was a delegate to the state legislature in the early 1800s as well as a prominent figure in Amelia County government.[1][2]

Variants (or possibly misspellings) of the name in older sources include "Rhodophil"[3] and "Rodolphil". Rodophil had its own post office as early as 1835[4][5][6] and apparently as late as the turn of the 20th century.[7] The structure may have been located on Route 620 at the entrance to Ingleside, just north of Route 616.

Contingents of both Union and Confederate soldiers passed through the vicinity in the final days of the Civil War,[8] before the surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, although no significant engagements are documented to have taken place at Rodophil. The last major battle fought by General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia occurred a few miles southwest at Sayler's Creek, on the border of Amelia and Prince Edward counties, on April 6.

Reed Rock School, built around 1923 or 1924, was among several Rosenwald Schools in Amelia County. The design called for a 2-acre campus with a building to accommodate one teacher.[9] It is unclear exactly where the structure was located, but modern-day Reed Rock Road (SR 621) runs in a broad arc just northwest of Rodophil. During the early 20th century, the Rosenwald School project was a collaborative effort that constructed thousands of facilities across the South primarily for the education of African American children.

Ingleside, a house on Rodophil Road with connections to the Jeter family, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ingleside 1997 Final Nomination, National Register of Historic Places, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Rodophil Jeter, A History of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia House of Delegates Clerk's Office. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ Staunton Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, Volume 28, January 15, 1851. Library of Congress archive. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Hall, Virginius Cornick Jr. "Virginia Post Offices, 1798-1859", The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 81, no. 1, January 1973, page 87. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Official Register of the United States Civil Service Commission, September 30, 1841, page 181. Washington: W.M. Morrison. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  6. ^ Table of Post Offices in the United States on the First Day of October 1846, page 187. Washington: John T. Towers, Printer, for US Post Office Department, 1846. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Virginia, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 232, Series F: Geography, 40, page 128. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  8. ^ From Richmond and Petersburg to Appomattox (map), Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc., Petersburg, VA. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. ^ National Register of Historic Places Multiple-Property Documentation Form, Rosenwald Schools, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, pdf page 82. Retrieved December 14, 2021.


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