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Chesapeake City is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.The population was 736 at the 2020 census. The town was originally named by Bohemian colonist Augustine Herman [3] the Village of Bohemia — or Bohemia Manor — but the name was changed in 1839 after the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) was built in 1829.
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 90th-most populous city in the United States.
Chesapeake (train, 1994–1995), an Amtrak service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia Chesapeake and Ohio Railway , a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia
Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS), also known as Chesapeake City Public Schools, is the school division that administers public education in the United States city of Chesapeake, Virginia. The superintendent is Dr. Jared A. Cotton. On July 27, 2020, the division school board voted a 100% online start to the 2020–21 school year.
Richard Wayne "Rick" West is a politician currently serving as the mayor of Chesapeake, Virginia. Prior to assuming the office of mayor in November 2017, he served as a member of the city council for ten years. [1] West also served as a public school administrator for over 20 years.
When South Norfolk merged with Norfolk County to form the city of Chesapeake in 1963, Smith High became part of the new city. The school opened in 1954 and was named after Oscar Frommel Smith (25 October 1891 – 4 May 1950), a Hampton Roads fertilizer magnate and civic leader, who had recently died [ 2 ] and whose widow, Ruth, offered the ...
Grassfield High School is a public high school located in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, and is administered by Chesapeake City Public Schools.It was built to ease overcrowding at Deep Creek High School, Great Bridge High School, and Hickory High School. [2]
The Chesapeake City vertical lift span was constructed between 1924 and 1928. The bridge carried U.S. Route 213, connecting George Street on the south side of the canal with Lock Street on the north. Following the destruction of the bridge, [4] the new high-level bridge was constructed approximately 500 feet (152 m) to the west.