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Henrico County / h ɛ n ˈ r aɪ k oʊ /, officially the County of Henrico, is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 334,389 [ 3 ] making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia .
Henrico is the name used by the U.S. Postal Service for several ZIP code areas in unincorporated parts of Henrico County, Virginia, surrounding the city of Richmond. "Other acceptable cities" listed by the USPS for parts of Henrico are Richmond, Highland Springs, Regency, and Ridge, whereas Millers, Montrose, Montrose Heights, Staples Mill, Tuckahoe, Varina, and Westbury are alternate names ...
The second successful English colonial settlement in the New World, Henricus was opposite to the Native American village of Arrohateck. At the time, the First Anglo-Powhatan War was raging, and the Indian tribes of Virginia offered continuous resistance to colonial settlement, largely orchestrated by native leader Nemattanew — or as the colonists knew him, "Jack-of-the-Feather".
In 1619, the original area of the City of Henrico included the northernmost region of the colony. [1] The northern section incorporated lands around Henricus and Farrar's Island, as well as the settlements of Coxendale, which was on the south bank of the James just east of Farrar's Island, [11] and Arrohattock, which was further upstream from Henricus; [12] South of Farrar's Island, the city ...
From Henrico County: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, British politician and Lord of the Bedchamber: 383,876: 426 sq mi (1,103 km 2) Clarke County: 043: Berryville: 1836: From Frederick County: George Rogers Clarke, Revolutionary War general 15,466: 177 sq mi (458 km 2) Craig County: 045: New Castle: 1851
Henrico County Public Schools is a Virginia school division that operates as an independent branch of the Henrico County, Virginia county government and administers public schools in the county. Henrico County Public Schools has five International Baccalaureate schools – John Randolph Tucker High School , Henrico High School , Fairfield ...
City of Henrico (Virginia Company), also known as Henrico, a county in the Colony of Virginia Henricus, also called Henrico, a settlement in the county, founded in 1611; Henrico Shire, one of the eight Shires of Virginia, established in 1634
Sandston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States, just outside the state capital of Richmond. The population as of the 2010 Census was 7,571. It was designated a Historic District by Henrico County in 2021. The Battle of Seven Pines took place nearby in 1862.