Kinsale

Kinsale is a Virginia historical marker in Westmoreland County, dedicated 1932.

Rte. 202, 4.8 miles northwest of Callao

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Two miles east, on picturesque Yeocomico River, is Kinsale, the founding of which the Assembly ordered in 1705. The town was established in 1784. Near by at the old home of the Bailey family, "The Great House," is the tomb of Midshipman James B. Sigourney, who in command of the sloop "Asp" fell in an engagement with the British in Yeocomico River, June 14, 1813.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1670 · Virginia and Maryland As it is planted and Inhabited this present Year 1670 ... (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
1671 · Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1815 · Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering the location of Kinsale, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Kinsale

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