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In 1742, the House of Burgesses, authorized a new town at Constant's Wharf, and named it "Suffolk" [6] after Royal Governor Sir William Gooch's home county of Suffolk in East Anglia. [3] [7] In 1750, the county seat of Nansemond County was moved from Jarnigan's or Cohoon's Bridge to Suffolk.
In 1742, the Virginia House of Burgesses chartered a new town at Constant's Wharf and renamed it as Suffolk. [3] In 1750, the county seat of Nansemond County was moved from Jarnigan's or Cohoon's Bridge to Suffolk. This new town was founded in 1742 at Constance's Warehouse at Sleepy Hole Point on the Nansemond River.
Location of Suffolk in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Suffolk, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Suffolk (locally / ˈ s ʌ f ʊ k / SUF-uuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of 2020, the population was 94,324. [4] It is the 10th-most populous city in Virginia, the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as well as the 14th-largest in the country. [5] Suffolk is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Suffolk Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses 514 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in Suffolk. The district includes a variety of residential, commercial, governmental, and institutional buildings.
Somerton Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia.Prior to annexation in 1974 Somerton was part of now non-existing Nansemond County. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the rural village of Somerton in Virgin
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Holland in Nansemond County was consolidated with the rest of the former county and the former county seat town and small city of Suffolk to form the present large independent city known as Suffolk. Town of Kecoughtan in Elizabeth City County was annexed by the City of Newport News in 1927, though the original site settled under that name is in ...