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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Kent County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
New Kent County was established in 1654, as the Virginia General Assembly with the governor's consent split York County. [3] The county's name originated because several prominent inhabitants, including William Claiborne, recently had been forced from their settlement at Kent Island, Maryland, by Lord Baltimore upon the formation of Maryland. [4]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in New Kent County, Virginia" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...
A view along New Kent Highway Union Army camp at Cumberland Landing, May 1862. New Kent is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of New Kent County, Virginia, United States. [1] The population as of the 2020 Census was 739. [2] Cumberland Landing, Cumberland Plantation, and the Cumberland Marsh Natural Area Preserve are near ...
Hampstead is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1825, as a two-story, rectangular Federal style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The front facade features alternating window bays and pilasters and a central two-story pedimented projecting portico.
The Providence Forge railroad depot is no longer in existence. Providence Forge is an unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States.It was one of the earliest settlements in the county (itself formed by 1654) and the site of a colonial iron forge that was destroyed by British General Banastre Tarleton during the American Revolutionary War.