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The Northampton County Courthouse Historic District is a nine-acre historic district in Northampton County, Virginia. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Three buildings are located on the property: A courthouse and a clerk's office (both dating to 1731), and a prison (dating to 1814). [3]
Eastville is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the county seat of Northampton County. [5] The Northampton County Courthouse Historic District is part of the Eastville Historic District at the county seat.
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 crater. The Northampton County Courthouse Historic District is part of the Eastville Historic District at the county seat.
Eastville: 21: Northampton County Courthouse Historic District: Northampton County Courthouse Historic District: April 13, 1972 : East along U.S. Route 13 and extending 0.1 miles (0.16 km) to the west, north, and south from its intersection with Willow Oak Rd.
Eastville Historic District is a national historic district located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia.The district encompasses 315 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in the county seat of Northampton County.
In 1677 the court was moved to an area called "The Hornes", later to be called Peachburg Town, and then Eastville. The site has served as the seat of Northampton County government since that time. Circa 1731, the old Northampton County Courthouse, laid in Flemish bond brickwork, was preceded by at least two wooden structures.
The historic Court House Square in Eastville, Virginia has a monument to "DEBEDEAVON, A Gallant Warrior And A Loyal Friend To The Early Settlers Of The Eastern Shore." [ 8 ] Also, Virginia recently erected a historical marker across the street from the Debedeavon monument and old courthouse, remembering the Gingakin Indian Reservation , which ...
Selma is a historic plantation house located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia.The original section of the manor house was built about 1785, and was a two-story, three-bay with a side-passage and single pile plan topped with a gambrel roof.