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The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), incorporated on October 1, 1999, began through the voluntary merger of PENTRAN (Peninsula Transportation District Commission) on the Virginia Peninsula and TRT (Tidewater Regional Transit a.k.a. Tidewater Transit District Commission) in South Hampton Roads and currently serves over 22 million annual passengers within its 369-square-mile (960 km 2) service area ...
They serve the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and the Eastern Shore of the state. Area code 757 was established July 1, 1996 in an area code split of area code 804 . Area code 948 was established on February 5, 2020 forming an overlay complex with 757.
NORTH HAMPTON — Vertex Towers received a one-year extension to begin construction on a 150-foot cell tower off Mill Road, which aims to alleviate "dead zones" along Route 1. The town's Planning ...
The Chamberlin is a retirement community in Hampton, Virginia, overlooking Hampton Roads at Old Point Comfort. It was formerly known as the Chamberlin Hotel, named for the famed restaurateur and original owner John Chamberlin. The nine-story building sits on historic Fort Monroe and overlooks Fort Wool.
The Virginia Peninsula is highlighted in orange Virginia Peninsula This 1996 satellite photo shows Hampton Roads, with the lower (southeastern) end of Virginia Peninsula filling most of the top half of the image. The Virginia Peninsula is located in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.
Rip Raps is a small 15 acre (60,000 m 2) artificial island at the mouth of the harbor area known as Hampton Roads in the independent city of Hampton in southeastern Virginia in the United States. Its name is derived from the Rip Rap Shoals in Hampton Roads, which also gave their name to a 19th-century criminal gang.
Hampton Police Chief Alex Reno said the pedestrian was struck by a northbound 2009 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck while crossing the road to reach his vehicle after leaving Greg’s Bistro.