Moving Company in Appomattox, VA

About Appomattox

Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,733 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Appomattox County.Appomattox is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. == History == The town is named for the Appomattox River, which was named after the Appomattoc Native American tribe, one of the Algonquian-speaking Powhatan Confederacy, historically based in the coastal area and encountered by the English before the tribes of the Piedmont. The Appamatuck historically lived somewhat to the east of the present town, around the area of present-day Petersburg. At the time of European encounter, the area of Appomattox County above the Fall Line was part of the territory of the Manahoac tribe, who spoke a Siouan language. At the time of the Civil War, the present community of Appomattox was the site of a railroad depot, called Appomattox Station on the line between Petersburg and Lynchburg, a stop on the Southside Railroad. The station is three miles west of the restored historic village of Appomattox Court House, the site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, which essentially ended the American Civil War. The area is preserved as Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and is administered by the National Park Service. The town was first named "Nebraska" in 1855.