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The first Rappahannock County, Virginia — generally known as "Old Rappahannock" County — was founded in 1656 from part of Lancaster County, Virginia and became extinct in 1692 when it was divided to form Essex County and Richmond County, Virginia. [1]
Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census , the population was 10,599. [ 1 ]
The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.
Location of Essex County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The shipyard was established in 1776 on the Chickahominy River by the Virginia Committee on Safety for the construction of a small navy to protect the Virginia colony during the American Revolution. It remained in production until 1781, when the British seized and burned the shipyard. The site consists of both submerged and dryland components. [3]
However, Virginia law continued to prevent printing until William Parks opened a branch of his Annapolis printing office in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1730. [ 1 ] [ 14 ] Buckner (or his son of the same name) represented Gloucester County in the House of Burgesses again in 1693, and John Jr represented Gloucester County in 1715 and he or a ...
Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia.It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style.
Tappahannock is the oldest town in Essex County, Virginia, United States.The population was 2,375 at the 2010 census, [6] up from 2,068 at the 2000 census. Located on the Rappahannock River, Tappahannock is the county seat of Essex County. [7]