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We would like to provide the residents of  Palmyra  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Palmyra Home page. The Palmyra Home page provides as much information as possible on Palmyra. Knowing Palmyra’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Palmyra’s Home page, you will also find Palmyra’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Palmyra has a population of 92. 68.5% of Palmyra’s inhabitants are Male, and 31.5 are female. 64.1% of Palmyra is married and 100% own their own home. Palmyra’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


Before being named "Palmyra", the area was owned by the Timberlake family, and Reverend Walker Timberlake started a business there in 1814 called "Palmyra Mills".The village of Palmyra was founded and became the county seat of Fluvanna County in 1828, and its historic courthouse was built in 1830-1831.


By 1835, there were fourteen homes, a church, three factories, and various other businesses, though only two families owned all the land other than the public buildings. In the mid-19th century, it was a stop along the stagecoach route between Richmond and Staunton. The Virginia Air Line Railway, which operated from 1908 to 1975, ran through Palmyra.


The train traveled from Strathmore on the James River, to Cohasset, to Carysbrook, to Palmyra, to Troy, and on to Gordonsville or Charlottesville. A fire in 1930 destroyed many of the buildings on Main Street. As a result of the Great Depression, a smaller version of Palmyra was rebuilt after the fire.


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