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County FIPS code [5] County seat [6] [7] Est. [6] Origin Etymology Population [8] Area [6] Map Accomack County: 001: Accomac: 1663: Accomac Shire was established in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. Then in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
Page County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,709. [1] Its county seat is Luray. [2] Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and was named for John Page, Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805.
Salem, Page County is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The John Beaver House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [ 1 ]
22150 (often unofficially referred to as Central Springfield, this is the zip code for the actual Springfield CDP itself.) 22151 (North Springfield) 22152 (West Springfield) 22153 (Burke/West Springfield/Newington Forest) The following are total area, water area, and land area statistics (in square miles) for the four Springfield zip codes: [4]
Pleasant Grove, also known as Joseph Deyerle House, Deyerle Homeplace, and Glenvar is a historic home located near Salem in Roanoke County, Virginia. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style brick dwelling. The front facade features a well-proportioned Ionic order portico with slender tapered, fluted columns. It ...
Ownership of the properties can be traced to Lord Culpeper who transferred the lands which now include Kings Park and Ravensworth Farm to William Fitzhugh in 1690. The land passed through Martha Custis, the wife of George Washington, to her son George Custis, then to his daughter, Mary Randolph Custis, who married Robert E. Lee at Arlington when he was a young officer in the U.S Army.
Per the Virginia constitution, it was separated from Roanoke County. However, it remains the official county seat, although the Roanoke County Administrative Building is located in the Cave Spring area of the county. Salem has been the home of two colleges. In 1847, the Virginia Institute, a boy's preparatory school, moved to Salem from Staunton.