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Brunswick County is a United States county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts of Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg, the ancestral home of the British monarchs of the House of Hanover.
Southampton County from 1895 map of Virginia. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 602 square miles (1,560 km 2), of which 599 square miles (1,550 km 2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km 2) (0.5%) is water. [6] Southampton County is bounded by the Blackwater River on the east and the Meherrin River on the west.
Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,727. [2] Its county seat is Goochland. [3] Goochland County is included in the Greater Richmond Region.
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
In 2006, Patrick County Public Schools was listed as an outperforming school district, one of 12 in the state of Virginia, by Standard and Poor's. All of the schools have received "full accreditation" status by the State of Virginia and all schools have met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
These primary state highways are: U.S. Route 11 a north–south roadway which Interstate 81 parallels, U.S. Route 11 follows an old Native American trail, later known as the Valley Turnpike. U.S. Route 33 is an east–west road which extends from a mountain ridge border with West Virginia across the Shenandoah Valley through Harrisonburg and ...
In North Central Ohio, fair season begins July 1 with the Marion County Fair and ends Oct. 5 with the Loudonville Independent Fair. Ohio Department of Agriculture announces 2024 fairs schedule ...
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]