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Charles City County is a county located in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated southeast of Richmond and west of Jamestown. It is bounded on the south by the James River and on the east by the Chickahominy River. The area that would become Charles City County was first established as "Charles Cittie" by the Virginia Company in
Chapel Point was once part of the 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) St. Thomas Manor patented by the Roman Catholic Church in 1638. [4] In the 1880s, the Jesuits, in partnership with J. C. and W. M. Howard, built a resort known as Hotel Belleview on Chapel Point, with guests brought in by steamboat from Washington, D.C. [5] In 1924, the site hosted the first Charles County Fair. [6]
Charles City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. [1] It is the county seat of Charles City County. The population as of the 2020 census was 104. [2] The community is centered on the Charles City County Court House, from which it takes its variant names Charles City Court House and Charles City ...
Location of Charles City County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charles City County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Chickahominy's original territory consisted of the land along the Chickahominy River (named by the English after them), from the mouth of the river at its confluence with the James River, near Jamestown in present-day Charles City County, to what is now known as New Kent County, Virginia. [2] English depiction of the negotiation of the 1614 ...
Oct. 30—Dates and the daily admission fee are set for the 2024 Crawford County Fair as its board of directors also seeks four nominees for its volunteer board. The county fair will run Aug. 17 ...
The Fair moved to its new location in 2009 at the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County. This multi-use space of 360 acres (1.5 km 2) includes a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m 2) exposition hall, a 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2) multi-purpose pavilion, a horse-stall barn with 143 stalls, and an equine facility with four show rings, to accommodate local and regional horse shows and other equine events.
Dancing Point is a historic property on the north bank of the James River in rural Charles City County, Virginia.Located off Sandy Point Road and projecting into the river, the property has archaeological sites dating to the early colonial period of Virginia's history that may shed light on the interaction between the early settlers of nearby Jamestown and the surrounding Native American ...