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Chesapeake is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. Chesapeake is located at latitude 37.308 and longitude −75.952. The elevation is 36 feet (11 m).
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 90th-most populous city in the United States. [4] Chesapeake is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
Sunray Agricultural Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia.The district encompasses 188 contributing buildings, 90 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the early 20th-century immigrant farming community of Sunray.
The Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network, originally the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, was established through the authority of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act, which was passed by the United States Congress in 1998 in order "to establish a linked network of locations, such as parks, historic seaports, or museums—known as gateways—where the public can access and experience the ...
Location of Chesapeake in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chesapeake, 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 Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Chesapeake (train, 1994–1995), an Amtrak service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia; Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Chesapeake Bay Bridge, also known as the Bay Bridge, a bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay
Northampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,282. [1] Its county seat is Eastville. [2] Northampton and Accomack Counties are a part of the larger Eastern Shore of Virginia. The county is the center of the late Eocene meteor strike that resulted in the Chesapeake Bay impact ...