Millenbeck, Virginia

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Millenbeck, Virginia
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Coordinates: 37°40′12″N76°29′19″W / 37.67000°N 76.48861°W / 37.67000; -76.48861
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Lancaster
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)

Millenbeck is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1]

History

Col. Joseph Matthäus Ball, grandfather of Gen. George Washington, was born in May 1649 in England, settled in Virginia during a period of population growth in the region when the Millenbeck community was in Northumberland County prior to the formation of Lancaster County. [2] [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millenbeck, Virginia
  2. www.ancestry.com Family Data Record for Joseph Ball.
  3. www.ancestry.com The Times-Dispatch : Richmond, Virginia; Sunday January 17, 1904, page 10, column 2.