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The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
The South Hampton Roads region includes five independent cities, three counties, and three incorporated towns with a total population of 1,191,937 people. There were also a number of political subdivisions which are now extinct, primarily due to growth and consolidation of local government (see section below).
Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871 as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. [3] The Virginia Constitution of 1902 defined first class cities as those having a population of 10,000 or more based upon the last census enumeration while second class cities were those that had a ...
Suffolk grew by 2.3% between July 2021 and July 2022, reporting a population of 98,537, according to Census data. By contrast, Portsmouth’s population hit 97,029, which is down .6% over the same ...
British invade Hampton during the War of 1812 [6]. Hampton (/ ˈ h æ m p t ə n /) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 137,148 as of the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Virginia. [7]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Newport News (/ ˌ n uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) [7] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [6] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.
Harmful algae is blooming around Hampton Roads waterways, threatening recreation and marine life. Katherine Hafner, The Virginian-Pilot. August 27, 2021 at 10:59 AM.