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  2. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Petit Jean ("Little John" named after a French sailor on the Arkansas River) Pollard; Prairie County ("prairie, meadow") Saline County [35] Sans Souci (literally without concern) Segur (French city) Sevier County; Smackover (Anglicization of chemin couvert, "covered way") [34] Soudan; St. Francis County; Terre Noire (black earth) [35] Terre ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

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    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 ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Halifax ...

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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 Halifax 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. [1]

  5. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    The extinct counties of Virginia (alphabetically) are: Alexandria County (1749–1791) and (1846–1920) (was part of the District of Columbia 1791-1846), changed its name to become Arlington County in 1920; Charles River County (1637–1643) renamed York County; Dunmore County (1772–1778) renamed Shenandoah County

  6. Mitchell Map - Wikipedia

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    The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.

  7. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Annexed from the District of Columbia, having previously been part of Fairfax County prior to the district's formation: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, originally called Alexandria County; renamed in 1920 234,162: 26 sq mi (67 km 2) Augusta County: 015: Staunton: 1738: From Orange County: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the Princess of ...

  8. Middlesex County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    "Middlesex: IV. An E. county of Virginia" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. 1755 map of Middlesex County, Rappahannock River, Piankatank River and Chesapeake Bay (excerpted from A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. at the Library of Congress

  9. List of rivers of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    New River drainage basin. Kanawha River (WV) New River. Bluestone River; East River; Wolf Creek; Walker Creek. Little Walker Creek; Kimberling Creek; Sinking Creek; Little River (New River tributary) Pine Creek (Floyd County, Virginia) West Fork Little River; Peak Creek; Big Reed Island Creek. Cripple Creek; Crooked Creek. Beaverdam Creek ...