Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAdams
TownshipHamiltonban
GNIS[1] ID &
Coordinates
1190443
39°48′10″N 77°22′34″W / 39.80278°N 77.37611°W / 39.80278; -77.37611

Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania was an 1889 stop on the Western Extension of the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway near Fairfield, Pennsylvania and the site of the 1863 Battle of Fairfield in the American Civil War. The railway was routed near the mill site on the John Linn farm and an 1838 Tapeworm Railroad viaduct on the Rev. A. W. Geigley farm.

References

  1. "Virginia Mills (1190443)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-29.



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