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Williamsburg is primarily served by two newspapers, The Virginia Gazette and Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. [50] The Gazette is a biweekly, published in Williamsburg, and was the first newspaper to be published south of the Potomac River, starting in 1736. [citation needed] Its publisher was William Parks, who had similar ventures in Maryland.
Ethnic origins in Virginia. Because of recent immigration in the late 20th century and early 21st century, there are rapidly growing populations from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, especially in Northern Virginia. Northern Virginia, which is a part of the DC metropolitan area, is one of the most diverse regions in the country.
James City County, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010 [13] Pop 2020 [12] % 2010 % 2020 White ...
Gender by race/ethnicity White men 39 58 3 33 White women 50 49 1 33 Black men 86 14 N/A 8 Black women 92 8 N/A 11 Latino men (of any race) 53 41 6 3 Latino women (of any race) 68 32 N/A 4 All other races 58 40 2 8 Gender by marital status Married men 50 49 N/A 29 Married women 51 47 N/A 28 Unmarried men 58 39 3 20 Unmarried women 69 30 N/A 23
Besides these sites, many open-air museums and battlefields are located in the state, such as Historic Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Richmond National Battlefield, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. [17]
Black: Treaty of Camp Charlotte (1774). Area west of this line in present-day Southwest VA was ceded by the Cherokee in 1775. The 1646 treaty delineated a racial frontier between Indian and English settlements, with members of each group forbidden to cross to the other side except by special pass obtained at one of the newly erected border forts.
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Taliaferro, also spelled Talliaferro, Tagliaferro, Talifero, Taliafero or Taliferro and sometimes anglicised to Tellifero, Tolliver (/ ˈ t ɒ l ɪ v ər / TOL-iv-ər) or Toliver, [1] is a prominent family in eastern Virginia and Maryland.