What is "verville"

Verville is a French and French Canadian surname which could mean:

1. towards the town, vers meaning towards and ville meaning town or
2. green town, from the French word vert meaning green, and ville meaning town or
3. as a variant of Vervelle, which is derived from a word denoting the metal keeper or ring through which a bolt is secured

This name may refer to:

• Alfred V. Verville (1890-1970) - an American aviation pioneer
• Alphonse Verville (1864-1921) - a Canadian politician and trade unionist
• Elizabeth Verville - United States official, Department of State
• François Béroalde de Verville (Paris, 1556-1626) - a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual
• Joseph-Achille Verville (1887-1937) - a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Monique Roy Verville (1961-) is a politician from Quebec, Canada

Verville is a historic plantation house located near Merry Point, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built about 1742, and is a 1 1/2-story, brick Colonial style dwelling. It has a single-pile, central-passage plan. The gambrel roof and all woodwork was changed to conform with Federal style tastes in the late-18th or early-19th century.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.