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  2. Elizabeth City County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1903 Map depicting Elizabeth City County and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Elizabeth City County was a county in southeastern Virginia from 1634 until 1952 when it was merged into the city of Hampton. Originally created in 1634 as Elizabeth River Shire, it was one of eight shires created in the Virginia Colony by order of the King Charles I.

  3. Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    William Byrd II is considered the founder of Richmond. The Byrd family, which includes Harry F. Byrd, has been central to Virginia's history since its founding.. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation. [17]

  4. History of Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates to the early 17th century, and is crucial to the development of the colony of Virginia, the American Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. After Reconstruction , Richmond's location at the falls of the James River helped it develop a diversified economy and become a land transportation hub.

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

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    McCartney, Martha W. (1977) James City County: Keystone of the Commonwealth; James City County, Virginia; Donning and Company; ISBN 0-89865-999-X "Cast Down Your Buckets Where You Are" An Ethnohistorical Study of the African-American Community on the Lands of the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station 1865-1918

  6. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.

  7. Administrative divisions of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    An independent city in Virginia may serve as the county seat of an adjacent county, even though the city by definition is not part of that county. An example is Fairfax, which is an independent city as well as the seat of Fairfax County. A city can be formed from any area with a defined boundary having a population of 5,000 or more. Cities have ...

  8. Charles City, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Charles City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. [1] It is the county seat of Charles City County. The population as of the 2020 census was 104. [2] The community is centered on the Charles City County Court House, from which it takes its variant names Charles City Court House and Charles City ...

  9. One City One Book - Wikipedia

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    One City One Book (also One Book One City, [City] Reads, On the Same Page, and other variations) is a generic name for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The name of the program is often reversed to One Book One City or is customized to name the city where it occurs.