Namozine, Virginia

Namozine is a rural unincorporated community near the eastern tip of Amelia County, just south of the Appomattox River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is the easternmost village in the county and is situated around the intersections of SR 708 (Namozine Road) with SR 623 (Chesdin Lake Road) and SR 622 (Mill Quarter Road). Just to the southeast, Namozine Creek forms the county line, flowing roughly northeast into the Appomattox at Lake Chesdin.

Namozine
Unincorporated community
Namozine Presbyterian Church
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Coordinates: 37°14′59″N 77°43′30″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Amelia
Elevation	280 ft (90 m)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	23850, 23833
Area code(s)	804
GNIS feature ID	1690039

Namozine is bisected by the border between ZIP codes 23850 (Ford, VA) and 23833 (Church Road, VA); both post offices are across the line in Dinwiddie County. The nearest volunteer fire station to Namozine is at Mannboro, 6 miles west. A station named Namozine Volunteer Fire & EMS Co. 4 is located over 15 miles to the east, in Petersburg.[1]

The word "Namozine" (with several variant spellings, originally "Nummisseen" or "Nammisseen"[2]) appears to have been used for the creek before it was used for the hamlet in Amelia County. The name in one form or another dates back at least to the early 1700s,[3] although the community itself may have been called Terrapin Creek until 1841. It was a post village, under the name Namozine, from 1841 until around the turn of the 20th century;[4][5] the post office has since closed. An establishment called Whites Store existed as far back as the time of the Civil War,[6] however; and the spot was still noted as "Whites Store", rather than Namozine, on older 20th-century USGS topographic maps.[7]

The historic Namozine Presbyterian Church is located at the intersection of Route 708 (Namozine Road) and Route 622 (originally Green's Road[6]). The Rev. Richard McIlwaine, eleventh president of Hampden–Sydney College, briefly served as pastor just before the Civil War.[8] During the final days of the fighting, Namozine was the site of the Battle of Namozine Church; the church itself was used as a field hospital by both sides. An on-site historical plaque that summarizes the engagement reads in part:[9]

Namozine Presbyterian Church, built in 1847, fortunately survived the battle. It remains virtually unchanged since its date of construction.

Other historic churches at Namozine include Union Baptist, an African American congregation whose distinctive brick building stands less than half a mile east, also on Namozine Road.