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The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk [1] [2] and was formally incorporated in 1736. . The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it was soon rebu
Location of Norfolk in Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be ...
The Cape Henry Memorial commemorates the first landfall at Cape Henry, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, of colonists bound for the Jamestown settlement.After landing on April 26, 1607, they explored the area, named the cape, and set up a cross before proceeding up the James River.
Owned by Historic New England, Colonial American house Cogswell's Grant: Essex: Essex: North Shore: Historic house: Owned by Historic New England, 18th-century farmhouse with collection of American decorative arts Cohasset Historical Society Museum: Cohasset: Norfolk: Greater Boston: Local history
Daily life in colonial New England (Bloomsbury, 2017) online. Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England (1998) Lockridge, Kenneth A. A New England Town: The First Hundred Years: Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636–1736 (1985), new social history online; Perlmann, Joel, Silvana R. Siddali, and Keith ...
Local history: website: Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House: Norfolk: Norfolk: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Local history: Owned by Chrysler Museum of Art, city history, decorative arts, maritime and military heritage Norfolk Southern Museum: Norfolk: Norfolk: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Railway
Sewell's Point 1923 Annexation, City of Norfolk; Hampton Roads Naval Museum Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine; Norfolk City Historical Society; City of Norfolk website, Local History; Civil War and the Battle of Sewell’s Point; Civil War Naval History; Norfolk & Western Historical Society. – Covers Virginian history
Lower Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was organized in colonial Virginia, operating from 1637 until 1691. New Norfolk County was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth City Shire , one of the eight original shires (or counties ) formed in 1634 in the colony of Virginia by direction of the King of England.