Historic Tappahannock

Historic Tappahannock is a Virginia historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1929.

Rte. 360, at intersection with Newbill Drive

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The town was founded in 1680 under the name of Hobbs His Hole. In 1682, a port was established here and called New Plymouth. In 1808, the name was changed to Tappahannock. The British Admiral Cockburn shelled the town, December 1, 1814. An old customs house and a debtors' jail are here.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1630 · Nova Virginia Tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)
1815 · Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula, 1671, covering the location of Historic Tappahannock, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula, 1671, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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