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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Washington County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 53,935. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Abingdon . [ 2 ]
Loyal Company of Virginia or Loyal Land Company was a land speculation company formed in Virginia in 1749 for the purpose of recruiting settlers to western Virginia. The company continued operations until May 15 1776, when Virginia declared independence from Great Britain though litigation on behalf of and against the company continued until 1872.
Morrison post office was established February 2, 1883, and a public school was recorded in a deed dated August 16, 1906. [1] During World War I, Camp Morrison was located nearby about one mile from the James River. With 24 supply warehouses, Camp Morrison was used for the U.S. Army Air Corps and Balloon Corps personnel. [2]
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia , after Elizabeth I , and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas .
The company refused this charter, causing the crown to issue a writ of quo warrant for annulment of the charter, ending the Virginia Company in May 1624. [2] In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion became James City Shire, later the County of James City (aka James City County).
The eight shires of Virginia created in 1634 with Henrico in purple. In 1634, City of Henrico became the Shire of Henrico, one of eight shires in the Royal Colony of Virginia. [16 The shire was apportioned lands formerly belonging to Charles City, including Bermuda Hundred and more easterly parts of the northern bank of the James River.