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ZIP Codes: 23701-23709. Area code(s) ... City of Portsmouth incorporated as an independent city ... Portsmouth is in the center-right portion of the photo. North is ...
Port Norfolk Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 621 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a primarily residential section of suburban Portsmouth.
James W. Holley III (1944), former mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia [6] Ruth Brown (1945), singer know as the Queen of R&B [7] Junius Kellogg (1946), basketball player [8] George Moody (1955), college football coach [9] Alonzo Short (1957), former director of the Defense Information Systems Agency [10] Linda B. Hayden (1967), mathematician
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
Victory Crossing, formerly Tower Mall, is a shopping mall located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The shopping mall opened in 1973. The mall's original primary anchors were Bradlees (originally J.M. Fields) and Montgomery Ward. It also had some of the most popular mall chains of the 1970s and 1980s including Orange Bowl and Merry Go Round.
The Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion [2] (formerly the nTelos Pavilion [3] and Union Bank & Trust Pavilion) is an outdoor amphitheater in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.. The venue produces and presents a broad spectrum of concerts and events connects audiences to the inspirational power of music and helps new generations of listeners discover the wonder of music and live performance.
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In 1794, United States Congress passed "An Act to Provide a Naval Armament," allowing the Federal Government to lease the Gosport Shipyard from Virginia. In 1799 the keel of USS Chesapeake, one of the first six frigates authorized by Congress, was laid, making her the first ship built in Gosport for the U.S. Navy.