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White Stone traces its earliest colonial history to the arrival of Epaphroditus Lawson, who was born in Yorkshire, a county in northern England. [5] In 1649–50, Epaphroditus acquired 4,600 acres of land along the Rappahannock River, including the present site of White Stone, where he lived until his death in 1652. [6]
The Virginia Barrier Island Center (BIC) offers exhaustive information on the local culture and history. Founded in 1996 and opened to visitors in 2002 on the former site of the Almshouse Farm in Machipongo 10 miles south of the town of Exmore and 20 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel , the BIC is a cultural center, a museum and a ...
Smith Mountain Lake State Park is located south of Huddleston. The 1,148-acre state park provides facilities for camping, picnicking, hiking, and has a public beach. ...
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]
County FIPS code [5] County seat [6] [7] Est. [6] Origin Etymology Population [8] Area [6] Map Accomack County: 001: Accomac: 1663: Accomac Shire was established in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia.
ZIP Codes: 23661, 23663-23669. Area code(s) 757, 948: FIPS code: 51-35000 [4] ... also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Newport News ...
ZIP codes: 23453 23454 23456 23457. ... The community is the site of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, where most of the city offices are located, including city ...
Independence is a town located in, and the county seat of, Grayson County, Virginia, United States. [5] At the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 1,001. [2] It is situated on Virginia's Crooked Road, a heritage trail celebrating the musical heritage of Southwest Virginia.