Ruthville, Virginia

Ruthville is an unincorporated community in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. The community was the central point of the county's free African American population for many years, even before the Civil War (1861-1865). Following Emancipation, the crossroads community included the Mercantile Cooperative Company and Ruthville Training School. The United Sorghum Growers Club also met here. Earlier known by several other names, the name "Ruthville" recalls local resident Ruth Brown. Her name was selected when the Post Office was established there in 1880.

Municipalities and communities of Charles City County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Charles City

CDP	Charles City

Unincorporated communities	Barnetts Berkeley Binns Hall Blanks Store Ednas Mill Granville Greenway Harrisons Landing Holdcroft Kennon Kimages Milton Montpelier Mount Airy Nance New Hope Roaches Corner Rolands Mill The Row Roxbury Rustic Ruthville Sandybottom Sherwood Forest Shirley Tettington Wayside Westover Weyanoke

Coordinates: 37°22′03″N 77°02′28″W / 37.36750°N 77.04111°W / 37.36750; -77.04111

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