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 Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr. Posted by:  showbizkid
N 36° 41.254 W 077° 32.518
18S E 272882 N 4063225
Emporia, was formed in 1887 from the merger of Hicksford and Belfield. Because of friction between the two villages, Benjamin Tillar, a county native and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, named the town after Emporia, Kansas, the hometown of one of his associates in the Atlantic and Danville Railroad. Emporia comes from the Latin word meaning place of plenty where business is transacted.
Waymark Code: WMMHA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2006
Views: 26
The marker reads:
BENJAMIN D. TILLAR, JR.
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Benjamin Dodson Tillar, Jr. (1853-1887), a
Greensville County native, president of the Atlantic
and Danville Railroad, and member of the House
of Delegates, is known, as “the man who named
Emporia.” Two villages, Hicksford and Belfield,
merged in 1887 to form the town. Tillar named
the town after Emporia, Kansas, the hometown,
of his friend, United States Senator Preston B.
Plumb. Emporia comes from the Latin word
meaning a place of plenty where business is
transacted. The town became a city in 1967.
Marker Number: UM-39
Marker Title: Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr.
Marker Location: Hwy 301 in Emporia
County or Independent City: Emporia
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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