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State Route 288 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.It is a freeway-standard partial beltway around the southwest side of the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area in portions of Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield counties.
Powhatan County (/ ˈ p aʊ. h ə ˈ t æ n /) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,033. [1] Its county seat is Powhatan. [2] Powhatan County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. The James River forms the county's northern border, and the Appomattox River is on the south side.
U.S. Route 522 (US 522) is a spur route of US 22 in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.The U.S. Highway travels in a north-south direction, and runs 308.59 miles (496.63 km) from US 60 near Powhatan, Virginia, to its northern terminus at US 11 and US 15 near Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
East of VA-288, Route 60 continues a few miles into the community of Midlothian. From this point east, the road becomes almost a continuous business district and widens to six lanes through the urban parts of Chesterfield County and the westernmost portion in the city of Richmond. U.S. 60 in the Richmond area enters on Midlothian Turnpike.
Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.
Powhatan is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. It was initially known as Scottville (after Revolutionary war hero General Charles Scott ), and has historically also been known as Powhatan Court House and Powhatan Courthouse, named after Chief Powhatan , father of Matoaka ( Pocahontas ).
Powhatan: Tobaccoville: SR 681 south (Clementown Road) – Amelia: former SR 38 east (earlier SR 49 south) SR 1002 (Emmanuel Church Road) to US 522 / US 60: former SR 49 north: Powhatan: 21.71: 34.94: Courthouse Tavern Lane (SR 300 north) Southern terminus of SR 300: Plain View: 24.08: 38.75: US 60 (Anderson Highway) – Lexington, Richmond ...
Lived east of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line on both sides of the Powhatan (James) River and north of the Kingsland Creek, their capital Powhatan or Paqwachowng (literally ″village at the rapids″) was close to the waterfalls (called Paqwachowng) in the vicinity of Richmond, the capital of Virginia, besides, they inhabited at least three ...