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The Appomattox Court House is a courthouse
Courthouse

File:HistoricalMarkerUSGeorgiaMarchToTheSeaStatesboroRight.jpgA courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities....
 in Appomattox, Virginia
Appomattox, Virginia

Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,761 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia....
 built in 1892. It is located in the middle of the state about three miles (5 km) northwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

File:Appomattox Court House Historical Park.jpgFile:Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road derivative.jpgFile:Appomattox entrance sign.jpgThe Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of original and reconstructed nineteenth century buildings....
, once known as Clover Hill - home of the original Old Appomattox Court House
Old Appomattox Court House

File:Civil War museum pieces.pngThe Old Appomattox Court House is a structure within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. It was registered in the National Park Service's database of Official Structures on June 26, 1989....
. The "new" Appomattox Court House is near the Appomattox Station
Appomattox Station

File:Appomattox train depot.jpgFile:Appomattox Station visitor info center.jpgFile:Battle of Appomattox Station 1865.jpgAppomattox Station is located in the town of Appomattox, Virginia....
 and where the regional county government is located.

Before the Civil War, the railroad bypassed Clover Hill, now known as the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.






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The Appomattox Court House is a courthouse
Courthouse

File:HistoricalMarkerUSGeorgiaMarchToTheSeaStatesboroRight.jpgA courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities....
 in Appomattox, Virginia
Appomattox, Virginia

Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,761 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia....
 built in 1892. It is located in the middle of the state about three miles (5 km) northwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

File:Appomattox Court House Historical Park.jpgFile:Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road derivative.jpgFile:Appomattox entrance sign.jpgThe Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of original and reconstructed nineteenth century buildings....
, once known as Clover Hill - home of the original Old Appomattox Court House
Old Appomattox Court House

File:Civil War museum pieces.pngThe Old Appomattox Court House is a structure within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. It was registered in the National Park Service's database of Official Structures on June 26, 1989....
. The "new" Appomattox Court House is near the Appomattox Station
Appomattox Station

File:Appomattox train depot.jpgFile:Appomattox Station visitor info center.jpgFile:Battle of Appomattox Station 1865.jpgAppomattox Station is located in the town of Appomattox, Virginia....
 and where the regional county government is located.

Before the Civil War, the railroad bypassed Clover Hill, now known as the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. As a result the population of Clover Hill, where the Old Appomattox Court House once stood, never grew much over 150 while Appomattox town
Appomattox, Virginia

Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,761 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia....
 grew to the thousands. When the courthouse at the village of Clover Hill burned for the second time in 1892, it was not rebuilt and a new courthouse was built in West Appomattox. That sealed the fate of the village of Clover Hill. The county seat was formally moved to the town of West Appomattox in 1894 and the word "West" was dropped in time making the name of the town just Appomattox, Virginia.

There is a marker at the site of the "new" Appomattox Court House explaining the difference between the "new" and "old" court houses.

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