| Disputanta, Virginia |
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Disputanta, Virginia is an unincorporated town located in Prince George County, Virginia in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The postal ZIP Code of Disputanta, Virginia is 23842. Popular legend has it that William Mahone (1826-1895), builder of the Norfolk And Petersburg Railroad (now Norfolk Southern ), and his cultured wife, Otelia Butler Mahone (1837-1911), traveled along the newly completed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad naming stations. Otelia was reading ''Ivanhoe'' a book written by Sir Walter Scott . From his historical Scottish novels, Otelia chose the place names of Wakefield as well as Windsor and Waverley . She tapped the Scottish Clan "McIvor" for the name of Ivor , a small town in neighboring Southampton County . As they continued, west, they reached a station in Prince George County where they could not agree on a suitable name from the books. Instead, they became creative, and invented a new name in honor of their dispute. This is how the tiny community of Disputanta was named. The N&P railroad was completed in 1858 . William Mahone became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War , and later, a Senator in the United States Congress . A large portion of U.S. Highway 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk is named General Mahone Boulevard in his honor. |
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