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Charles City Shire was formed in 1634 in the colony of Virginia. It was named for Charles I , the then King of England , and was renamed Charles City County in 1637. History
Charles City (or Charles Cittie as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company. [1] In 1613, Bermuda City was founded, which was later renamed after Prince Charles. In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion became Charles City Shire, [2] later Charles City ...
After Virginia became a royal colony, the borough was changed to "Charles City Shire" in 1634, as one of the five original Shires of Virginia. It acquired the present name of Charles City County in 1643. In the 21st century, Charles City County is part of the Greater Richmond Region of the state of Virginia.
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• Reporter Sarah Greenhalgh was found dead in her Virginia home in 2012 • Police named a suspect - the "bat-sh-- crazy boy" she wrote about in a Facebook post hours before her brutal murder ...
Also, during the English Civil War, Charles River County and the Charles River were changed to York County and York River respectively (though Charles City County kept its royal name). The original Shires of Virginia were: Accomac Shire (later Northampton & Accomack Counties) Charles City Shire (later Charles City County)
The five still-existing original shires of Virginia are: Charles City Shire (1634–1643) became Charles City County; Charles River Shire (1634–1643) became Charles River County in 1636, then York County; James City Shire (1634–1636) became James City County; Henrico Shire (1634–1642) became Henrico County
Berkeley Hundred was a Virginia Colony, founded in 1619, which comprised about eight thousand acres (32 km 2) on the north bank of the James River. It was near Herring Creek in an area which is now known as Charles City County, Virginia. It was the site of an early documented Thanksgiving when the settlers landed in what later was the United ...