• Thumbnail for James City County, Virginia
    James City County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,254. Although politically separate...
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    The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes...
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    Charles City County is a county located in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated southeast of Richmond and west of Jamestown. It is...
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  • "incorporations" created in 1619 by the Virginia Company as Charles Cittie and James Cittie. Additionally, Elizabeth City County, which was originally part of the...
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  • James City (or James Cittie as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia...
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    The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt...
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    Henrico County /hɛnˈraɪkoʊ/, officially the County of Henrico, is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020...
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    Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia are those that existed within the English Colony of Virginia or, after statehood, the Commonwealth of Virginia...
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  • in the U.S. state of Virginia. The numbers begin with 600 and can go into five digits in populous counties such as Fairfax County. The same number can...
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    The Virginia Peninsula is located in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It is sometimes known...
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    York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census...
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  • community James City, North Carolina James City County, Virginia James City (Virginia Company) James City Shire James City, Pennsylvania St. James City, Florida...
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    5,000. (James City and Virginia's other shires changed their names a few years later; James City Shire then became known as James City County). The middle...
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    in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi...
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    ] is an independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the seat of government of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate...
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    is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding...
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  • cities are considered county-equivalent by the Census Bureau. As of 2020, Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia...
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    Chesterfield County is a county located just south of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county's borders are primarily defined by the James River...
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    portion of James City County south of the James River. For more than 350 years it has depended on an agricultural economy.[citation needed] The county has 19...
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  • city of Williamsburg and James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. The system consists of...
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    city in Virginia, United States. As of 2020, the population was 94,324. It is the 10th-most populous city in Virginia, the largest city in Virginia by...
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  • Thumbnail for Fairfax, Virginia
    Courthouse, FFX, and Fairfax, is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census...
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  • Thumbnail for Hopewell, Virginia
    Hopewell is an independent city surrounded by Prince George County and the Appomattox River in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020...
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    populous city in Virginia. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven...
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    Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is...
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    Caret, Essex County, Virginia Browne Family, Four Mile Tree, Surry, Virginia Burwell Family, Carter's Grove, James City County, Virginia Byrd Family,...
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    northwesternmost independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate...
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    Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,982. It is 48 miles (77 km) south of Washington...
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    city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658. Falls Church is part of both Northern Virginia...
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  • Thumbnail for History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699)
    000. James City Shire was established and included Jamestown. Around 1642–43, the name of the James City Shire was changed to James City County. The original...
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