• The Nansemond are the Indigenous people of the Nansemond River, a 20-mile-long tributary of the James River in Virginia. Nansemond people lived in settlements...
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    The Nansemond River is a 19.8-mile-long (31.9 km) tributary of the James River in Virginia in the United States. Virginian colonists named the river for...
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    Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood)...
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  • The Nansemond language is an extinct language that was spoken by the Nansemond people of Virginia, United States. The Nansemond language may have been...
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    originally inhabited by Native Americans. At the time of European contact, the Nansemond people lived along the river later known by the same name. The area was...
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  • USS Nansemond may refer to: USS Nansemond (1862) was a side wheel steamer in commission from 1863 to 1865 that served in the Union Navy during the American...
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    The Nansemond River Light was a screwpile lighthouse located at the confluence of the Nansemond and James rivers in Virginia. This light was erected in...
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    The Nansemond River Bridge, officially the Mills E. Godwin Bridge, is located in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia and carries U.S. Route 17 across...
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    waterfront property on the Nansemond and James rivers, present-day Suffolk was formed in 1974 after consolidating with Nansemond County and the towns of...
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    US Navy operated her as the troop ship USS Nansemond (ID-1395). In August 1919 the Navy returned Nansemond to the United States Shipping Board, who had...
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  • Echols County. Consolidated with the independent city of Nansemond in 1974, which had been Nansemond County until 1972. Consolidated with remaining unincorporated...
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    7 km) tributary of the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. Bennett's Creek Park offers two free boat ramps that access the Nansemond River, a playground...
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    5″N 76°37′14.2″W / 36.775417°N 76.620611°W / 36.775417; -76.620611 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (NSA) is a private school, founded as a segregation academy...
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    Nansemond Collegiate Institute (1905–1939) was a private elementary and high school for African American students in Suffolk (formerly Nansemond County)...
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  • ordered Lieutenant William B.Cushing to lead a group of gunboats up the Nansemond River – a tributary of the James – to assist Major General John J. Peck's...
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    Nansemond County Training School (1924–1970), also known as Southwestern High School, is a historic building and former Rosenwald School for African-American...
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    Phoenix Bank of Nansemond is a historic bank building located at Suffolk, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a two-story, two-bay, rectangular brick...
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  • County. Upper Norfolk County became Nansemond County in 1646. The county became the independent city of Nansemond in 1972, and in 1974, merged with the...
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    problem on the upper Nansemond, the Confederates constructed batteries at an old Confederate fort in the lower reaches of the Nansemond and nearer to Hampton...
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  • and married into a Native American tribe in Virginia. The present-day Nansemond people trace their lineage to this intermarriage. The earliest Indian...
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  • County. Upper Norfolk County became Nansemond County in 1646. The county became the independent city of Nansemond in 1972, and in 1974, merged with the...
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    the Nansemond people. The island was identified by explorer John Smith as a "Chaukie Hand" because of the large shell middens he saw. The Nansemond village...
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    section and a 3.04-mile (4.89 km) eastern section separated by a gap at the Nansemond River. This gap arose when the Kings Highway Bridge across the river was...
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    Featherstone Fisherman Island Glenn Martin Great Dismal Swamp James River Nansemond Occoquan Bay Plum Tree Island Presquile Rappahannock River Valley Wallops...
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    Chickahominy Indian Tribe Chickahominy Indian Tribe–Eastern Division Nansemond Indian Nation Pamunkey Indian Tribe Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. Upper Mattaponi...
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    machine had disintegrated. Godwin was born in the town of Chuckatuck in Nansemond County (now a neighborhood of Suffolk, Virginia), the son of Otelia Margaret...
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  • Nansemond River High School is a public secondary school in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It opened in September 1990 and originally consisted of...
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    build a system of bridges across the James River, Chuckatuck Creek, and Nansemond River, as well as approach roads. On the Newport News end, the bridge...
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    is properly referred to by her hull designation. She was later named Nansemond County, but never saw active service under that name. She was laid down...
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  • United States. It was formerly an incorporated town located in southern Nansemond County, Virginia. Whaleyville is located midway between the former county...
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