Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The two Greensville County towns merged in 1887 to form the new incorporated town of Emporia , which was named after the town of Emporia , Kansas . The Town Emporia was re-chartered by the Virginia General Assembly as an independent city in 1967 .
Simplified: Emporia is a city of Virginia in the United States .