Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Postal, 1888 

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Town of Courtland to be incorporated, 1 Jul 1888 
   Jerusalem renamed 


"The Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Sat., June 23, 1888, p. 2, col. 5 

IMPROVEMENTS. 

JERUSALEM, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, ON A BOOM. 

Buildings Going Up - Change of Name - 
   Tug Parties from Norfolk - Personal Notes. 
 ]Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                NORFOLK, June 22, 1888. 

  The people of Jerusalem, the county-seat of Southampton, now have daily 
mail and express trains to Norfolk, besides freight trains.  The spirit of 
improvement has commenced actively in the old town and a number of large 
store-houses and handsome dwellings are going up, and the adjacent lands 
are being laid off into town lots and a newpaper talked of.  Agreeably to 
the act of incorporation, on the 1st of the ensuing month the name of the 
town will be changed to Courtland.  The Government has already changed the 
name of the post-office there.  The Surry, Sussex and Southampton railroad 
will have its terminus at Courtland, the permanent survey of which is 
completed.  Colonel L.W. Harper is rapidly pushing the grading of the 
Atlantic and Danville road to Hicksford from Jerusalem. 


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