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This is a list of Superfund sites in Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
Portsmouth is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.It lies across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk.As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915. [5]
Virginia Beach (colloquially VB) is the most populous city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. [2] Located on the southeastern coast of Virginia, it is the sixth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic and the 42nd-most populous city in the U.S.
Norfolk County was a county of the South Hampton Roads in eastern Virginia in the United States that was created in 1691. After the American Civil War , for a period of about 100 years, portions of Norfolk County were lost and the territory of the county reduced as they were annexed by the independent and growing cities of Norfolk , Portsmouth ...
Virginia's 2nd congressional district from January 3, 2023. Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack, Northampton, and Isle of Wight; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Franklin; part of the independent city of Chesapeake; and part of Southampton ...
In May 2023, a 17-year-old Virginia boy was smothered and died after becoming “trapped under several feet of sand” near Frisco on the Outer Banks. The collapse happened at a hole dug into a ...
County Location mi [1] km Destinations Notes; Chesapeake–Suffolk city line: 0.00: 0.00: US 13 south / US 58 west / US 460 west – Petersburg, Emporia: Western terminus; road continues as Portsmouth Boulevard. City of Chesapeake: 2.94: 4.73: I-664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) to I-64 / I-264 – Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News ...