About Us:

Greensville County is generally at the intersection of I-95 and U.S. Route 58 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Greensville County is situated in the Piedmont and the Tidewater Regions. Greensville County is bound on the south by Northampton County, NC and Halifax County, NC, north by Sussex and Dinwiddie Counties, west by Brunswick County, and east by Southampton County.

The County is located approximately 65 miles south of Richmond, the State Capitol, and 80 miles west of Norfolk and the Ports of Hampton Roads on the Atlantic Coast. Washington, D.C. is 168 miles north, New York City is 410 miles north, and Atlanta, Georgia is 528 miles southwest.

Our central location along the eastern seaboard of the United States between Raleigh, Richmond, and Hampton Roads, places Greensville County within a day's drive of over 50 metropolitan areas and nearly two-thirds of the United States population. Our location at the crossroads of I-95 and U.S. Route 58 provides prime access to the eastern part of the United States.

More than 11,873 people call Greensville County home, but because of our location, relative to the excellent road and highways, the area effectively draws in labor and customers from a much larger region -- serving a potential population of nearly 147,000 people. The Greensville County landscape, location, and market area are some of the factors businesses and industries find attractive.

The Town of Emporia was chartered as the City of the Second Class by an act of the General Assembly on July 31, 1967. At this time, it became a separate political entity from Greensville County. The Town of Jarratt, located in northern Greensville County and partly located in southern Sussex County, was incorporated by order of the Circuit Court of Sussex County on June 20, 1938.