Prospect, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Prospect is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States.{{gnis|1499919}} This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway.{{cite web |url=http://www.csa-railroads.com/South_Side.htm |title=Confederate Railroads - South Side|last=Bright |first=David L. |date=2015 |website=Confederate Railroads |publisher= |access-date=2018-01-25 |quote=}} The rail line from Burkville to Pamplin City, the stop after Prospect, was converted by Virginia Department of Parks and Recreation into High Bridge Trail State Park.