Town file
Farmville, Virginia
Farmville, Virginia (Prince Edward and Cumberland counties, Virginia) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 602, "Real Life Murder Songs" (6 June 2025). Farmville, Virginia, sits in both Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the middle of the state, an hour and a quarter from Richmond.
- Town
- Farmville
- County
- Prince Edward and Cumberland counties
- State
- Virginia
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 602
- Approximate location
- 37.296, -78.400
Episode 602 / 6 June 2025 / 79 min / express
Real Life Murder Songs
"We are going to Farmville, Virginia... This is in central Virginia... this is in both Prince Edward and Cumberland counties." about 0:03:29
The case: Murder of Emma Neeterbrock and her family (September 2009). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 7,266
- Median household income
- $35,690
- Median home value
- $214,000
- Violent crime
- very little
History, in brief
- Farmville was formed in 1798 but was not incorporated until 1912. about 0:05:58
- The town started out with coal mining. about 0:06:09
- John Flornoy was the first to mine coal near Farmville, starting in 1833 on a seam two feet thick. about 0:06:12
- In 1837 a charter was granted to the Prince Edward Coal Mining Company to mine and sell coal; the company lasted until about the 1880s. about 0:06:22
- Another coal pit in the 1880s was worked at another property, and its coal fuelled a blacksmith's shop. about 0:06:33
- Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad, is from Farmville. about 0:07:16
- The rapper Lady of Rage is from Farmville. about 0:07:36
- Joseph E. Johnston, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, is from Farmville. about 0:07:55
- The town motto is 'the heart of Virginia'. about 0:04:52
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A great place to live once a person retires; the people are loving and polite."about 0:08:01
5 stars
"A few good historical places to learn the town's history and a college called Longwood College."about 0:08:12
5 stars
"The employees were very polite and welcoming and provided cups and plates for the meal."about 0:09:10
1 star
"Everyone around here is lazy and sucks at their job."about 0:09:34
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Amherst, Virginia41 miles
- Lynchburg, Virginia44 miles
- Keeling, Virginia63 miles
- Vinton, Virginia82 miles
- Collinsville, Virginia92 miles
- Burlington, North Carolina103 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.