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1903 Map depicting Norfolk County and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Norfolk County was a county of the South Hampton Roads in eastern Virginia in the United States that was created in 1691.
Norfolk (locally / ˈ n ɔːr f ʊ k / ⓘ NOR-fuuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States.As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 96th-most populous city in the nation. [4]
Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
Deep Creek Bridge, a bascule-type drawbridge over the Dismal Swamp Canal. Deep Creek is a former unincorporated town of the former Norfolk County (extinct) which since 1963 has been located in the independent city of Chesapeake in the South Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia.
Lower Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was organized in colonial Virginia, operating from 1637 until 1691. New Norfolk County was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth City Shire , one of the eight original shires (or counties ) formed in 1634 in the colony of Virginia by direction of the King of England.
Norfolk County may refer to: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States; Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; Norfolk County, Virginia, (defunct) Norfolk, a county in England; Norfolk, Virginia, an independent city and county-equivalent in Virginia, United States "Old" Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony (extinct)
1909 – Annexation of portions of Norfolk County West of the city. [20] 1914 – Portsmouth Public Library opens. 1919 – Expansion via the annexation of parts of Norfolk County that included the port zone (Pinner's Point) along the Elizbeth River to the north and residential areas to the West. [20] 1922 – Chevra Thilim Synagogue built. [22]
An 1864 county map of Virginia and West Virginia following their separation. Much as counties were subdivided as the population grew to maintain a government of a size and location both convenient and of citizens with common interests (at least to some degree), as Virginia grew, the portions that remained after the subdivision of Kentucky in ...