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 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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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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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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SS Pennsylvania (1896) (redirect from USS Nansemond (ID-1395))
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nansemond County Training School, also known as Southwestern High School, is a historic Rosenwald School for African-American students located at Suffolk...
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USS Alert (1861) (section Nansemond River expedition)
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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USS LST-1064 (redirect from USS Nansemond County (LST–1064))
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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Chickahominy Indian Tribe Chickahominy Indian Tribe–Eastern Division Nansemond Indian Nation Pamunkey Indian Tribe Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. Upper Mattaponi...
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The first USS Nansemond, a side wheel steamer built at Williamsburg, N.Y. in 1862, as James F. Freeborn, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City...
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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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Miami–Illinois–Peoria • Ojibwe–Potawatomi • Shawnee • Beothuk? • Nansemond? ISO 639-2 / 5 alg Glottolog algo1256 (Algonquian-Blackfoot) algo1257...
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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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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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Democrat and a Republican. 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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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 National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located along the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. It is...
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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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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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Holland, Virginia was an incorporated town in the southwestern section of Nansemond County, Virginia. Since 1974, it has been a community in the independent...
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