Rodophil Jeter owned property in the area, and was a delegate to the state legislature in the early 1800s as well as a prominent figure in Amelia County government.

Tens of thousands of such small rural postal facilities dotted the American countryside by the late 1800s, and Rodophil continued to be noted as a "post village" or "post-station" in gazetteers at the turn of the 20th century[9] and even into the 1920s.

[11] During the final days of the Civil War, in the phase known as the Appomattox campaign, contingents of both Union and Confederate soldiers passed through the vicinity,[12] although no significant engagements are documented to have taken place at Rodophil itself.

During the early 20th century, the Rosenwald project was a collaborative effort that constructed thousands of facilities across the South primarily to improve the education of African American children.

[3] In 2015 the Virginia Department of Transportation, at a cost of $2.3 million, replaced the bridge that had carried SR 620 (Stony Point Road) over the Appomattox River into Cumberland County.