Wellville is a rural

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in Nottoway County, in the

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. In the mid-nineteenth century, the town was a stop on the Southside Railroad, which became the

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in 1870 and then a line in the

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. It is now the

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. Namozine Creek has its source just northeast.

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Unincorporated communities in Nottoway County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{NottowayCountyVA-geo-stub