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The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1648 during a period of rapid population growth and geographic expansion. Settlement began in this area of the Northern Neck around 1635. Originally, known as the Indian district Chickacoan , the area was first referred to as Northumberland (a namesake of Northumberland County, England ...
Seahouses is a large village on the North Northumberland coast in England. It is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Alnwick , within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Attraction
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Wicocomico people were encountered by Captain John Smith in 1608 as he explored Virginia. [2] He notes a village of about 130 men on the South side of the mouth of the Patawomeke (Potomac) River. The Northumberland County Court began manipulating and interfering in the governance of the local tribes by the mid-17th century.
The land between these rivers was formed into Northumberland County in 1648, prior to the creation of Westmoreland County and Lancaster County. [1] The Northern Neck encompasses the following Virginia counties: Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond,and Westmoreland; [2] it had a total population of 50,158 as of the 2020 census. [3]
View history; General ... Census-designated places in Northumberland County, Virginia ... Unincorporated communities in Northumberland County, Virginia (53 P)
Heathsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. Heathsville is in the easternmost county of the Northern Neck of Virginia, [1] which was the birthplace of three of the first five Presidents of the United States - George Washington, James Madison, and James Monroe. It is ...
North Sunderland is a fishing village on the coast of Northumberland, England, and adjacent to Seahouses. The population of the civil parish was 1,803 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,959 at the 2011 Census.