Nansemond County/Norfolk County

Nansemond County/Norfolk County is a Virginia historical marker in Suffolk County, dedicated 1929.

Rte. 337

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Nansemond County Formed in 1637 from New Norfolk County. It was first called Upper Norfolk County, but in 1642 it was named Nansemond for an Indian tribe. Dismal Swamp is partly in this county. Norfolk County Formed in 1637, when New Norfolk County was divided into Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk. The name is that of an English county. The battle of Great Bridge, 1775, took place in this county, and in the waters near its shores the warship Merrimac performed her exploits in 1862.

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TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1636 · Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio (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)
1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1921 · Newport News, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Newport News, Virginia, 1921, covering the location of Nansemond County/Norfolk County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Newport News, Virginia, 1921, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Nansemond County/Norfolk County

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