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33,595 (2005) Toll. $2.00 (northbound only) Smart Tag / E-ZPass. Location. The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman Bridge) is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of ...
The York River was formerly known as the Pamunkey River by the Native Americans.Colonists of the Virginia Company in the 17th century first called it the Charles River. On the north bank (the Middle Peninsula), in what is now Gloucester County, the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy maintained Werowocomoco, one of two capitals of the paramount chiefdom at the time of European contact before 1609.
Gloucester Point is located in southern Gloucester County at 37°16′12″N 76°29′55″W (37.269907, −76.498604), [4] on the north side of the York River in southeastern Virginia. To the south across the river on U.S. Route 17 and the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is Yorktown, site of the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War.
There are 34 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 4, 2024.[ 2 ] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as:
Congressional district. 1st. Website. gloucesterva.info. Gloucester County (/ ˈɡlɒstər / GLOST-ər) [1] is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,711. [2] Its county seat is Gloucester Courthouse. [3] The county was founded in 1651 in the Virginia Colony and is named for Henry Stuart, Duke of ...
York River State Park is located near the unincorporated town of Croaker in James City County, Virginia on the south bank of the York River about 10 miles downstream from West Point. The York River is formed from the confluence of the Mattaponi River and the Pamunkey River at West Point. The York River empties into the Chesapeake Bay about 30 ...
June 10, 1985. The Gloucester Point Archaeological District is a site at the tip of Gloucester Point, Virginia. The district includes the historic center of colonial Gloucestertown, as well as military sites from both the American Revolutionary War (when it was fortified by the British before the Siege of Yorktown) and the American Civil War.
Congressional district. 1st. Website. www.yorkcounty.gov. York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,045. [1] The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown. [2]