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Westmoreland County is a county located in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 18,477. Its county seat is Montross.
King George County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 26,723. Its county seat is the town of King George.
Colonial Beach, Virginia (CBVA) is a river and beach town located in the northwestern part of Westmoreland County on Virginia's Northern Neck peninsula. It is bounded by the Potomac River, Monroe Bay and Monroe Creek. It is located 65 mi (105 km) from Washington, D.C.; 70 mi (110 km) from the state capital of Richmond; and 35 nautical miles from the Chesapeake Bay.
Montross is a town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. The population was 553 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Westmoreland County. Located in the historic Northern Neck of Virginia, Montross is near the George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Stratford Hall Plantation. The town's slogan is return to the village.
The George Washington Birthplace National Monument is a national monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at the confluence of Popes Creek and the Potomac River. It commemorates the birthplace location of George Washington, a Founding Father and the first President of the United States, who was born here on February 22, 1732. Washington lived at the residence until age three and later returned to live there as a teenager.
John Washington was an English-born merchant, planter, politician and military officer. He emigrated from England to English North America and became a member of the planter class in the colony of Virginia. In addition to serving in the Virginia militia and owning several slave plantations, Washington also served for many years in the House of Burgesses, representing Westmoreland County. He was the first member of the Washington family to live in North America as well as the patrilineal great-grandfather of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia. This constituted up to 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km2) of Virginia's Northern Neck and a vast area northwest of it.
Chiltons is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Coles Point is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Coles Point is part of the Northern Neck of Virginia and lies on a peninsula which juts out into the Potomac River on its East side and as part of Westmoreland County waterfront, it follows the Potomac River northward. It is on the Virginia side of the Potomac, and faces St. Mary's County, Maryland. The ZIP Code for Coles Point is 22442.
Maple Grove is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Mattox Bridge is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in the Washington District of Westmoreland County, Virginia. The community, on the historic Northern Neck of Virginia, was a stagecoach stop in the early days of the Colony of Virginia
Potomac Mills is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. The post office was established in 1877.
Lawrence Washington was a colonial-era Virginia planter, slave holder, lawyer, soldier and politician. He also was the paternal grandfather of George Washington.
Francis Dade, was a Virginia soldier, politician and landowner. An English Royalist who emigrated to Virginia some time after the death of Charles I. In Virginia he officially used the name "John Smith" when he served as one of the two delegates representing tiny Warwick County and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1658. He died at sea in 1662 or 1663.
Henry Corbin was an emigrant from England who became a tobacco planter in the Virginia colony and served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, in the House of Burgesses representing Lancaster County before the creation of Middlesex County on Virginia's Middle Neck, then on the Governor's Council.
References
- ↑ Presnall, Clifford C. notes on place names in Westmoreland County.
- ↑ Norris, Walter Biscoe Jr., ed. (1983). Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1653 - 1983 (Fourth Edition, 2008 ed.). Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co. p. 506.
- ↑ Eubank, H. Ragland (1934). The Authentic Guide Book of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia. Colonial Beach. p. 13.
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