Talk:Midlothian, Virginia

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Naming of Midlothian
The origins of the Name should include a link to Bettie Weaver's book, where I think that story originally came from, although I think Weaver herself may have said there is no conclusive evidence. 68.57.110.172 22:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)J.F.K. III
 * I find this story a bit implausible since there is also a place in Scotland actually called Midlothian. It seems more likely this place was named after Midlothian itself than that people "compromised" between West and East Lothian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.109.56.162 (talk) 00:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

21st Century: Growth issues rule
It appears to me that only the very early parts of the 21st Century will have to deal with the issue of growth as the remaining part will have to deal with the issue of paucity and escalating costs of fossil fuels used to power the sprawling infrastructure.

Watersheds
The entire Watersheds subtopic needs to be sited or removed. While the information may be truthful, or partially so, the section is ripe with uncited "facts". The conclusion is clearly outside of NPOV guidelines and should be changed or removed.Monk 01:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Wooldridge / Woolridge spelling
Is there a source for spelling the brothers' last name as Wooldridge? The local road named after them is called Woolridge Road, which leads me to believe that is the correct spelling. dancheatham (talk) 12:47, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Basically every source has their last name as Wooldridge. If you look it up in genealogy resources, it is always Wooldridge. I am pretty sure they named the road Woolridge because it sounded better, but that seems to be a terrible excuse. Whoever was in charge of the naming did a terrible job with his research. Bradylang (talk) 17:37, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

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Village of Midlothian versus Midlothian Magisterial District
What is the definition of Midlothian used in this article? Is this article about the Midlothian Magisterial District or Village of Midlothian or some other entity?
 * (1) Magisterial District. As some people may know, Virginia counties are subdivided into magisterial districts.  Chesterfield county has five magesterial districts, to include Bermuda, Clover Hill, Dale, Matoaca, and Midlothian.. Here is a map. These divisions have no government of their own, but are zones used administratively by the county government. The Midlothian Magesterial District as defined by Chesterfield county TECHNICALLY encompasses the land beyond 288 (Hallsboro and Westchester Commons), Salsbury, Robious, Bon Air, and even the Midlothian Turnpike and Hull Street exits along the Chippenham Parkway. The census stats in this article  (58,000 people!) refer to the magisterial district.
 * (2) The Village of Midlothian is a well defined unincorporated town with a history of being a train stop and the corporate headquarters for the Midlothian Coal mining company. It has a precise definition according to the Chesterfield County GIS website, as being ~1.5 mile corridor along the Midlothian Turnpike approximately between Falling Creek, and Winterfield Rd. . The article mentions the village in the coal section, but the "Village becomes a suburban area" paragraph is misleading, as the laprade map of 1888 describes the same magisterial district borders that exist today. "Midlothian" did not recently expand; it has been a giant swath of land on a map since 1888.
 * (3) Other. The article mentions the area served by the Midlothian Post office. I am sure there are records for what area the "Midlothian" Post Office used to cover, but we would need a timeframe since there have been many post offices in the Midlothian magesterial district over the years. The article also mentions the widening of the Midlothian turnpike, so I wonder if the article implicitly defines Midlothian as anything along the Midlothian Turnpike.

So I guess my point is, if we are going with the magisterial district as this article's definition of "Midlothian," then the article will have to be rewritten not as "it is a village that expanded" but as "it is a magisterial district of Chesterfield County that has a village inside it." Thoughts? Peace, MPS (talk) 15:03, 20 June 2018 (UTC)