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Many incorporated (formally constituted) localities have become legally void, though most have not been abandoned by their citizens, with the notable exception of
Jamestown. Exclusive of towns which became cities and still have the same name, no less than 4 shires, 2 counties, 4 towns, and 1 city no
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Colonial times, and even in the first 150 years of the United States, much like Virginia as a whole, the Virginia Peninsula was in an almost constant state of change in terms of local government, largely due to growth, as counties were divided and towns were formed as the population grew. Some
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of the C&O was built from
Richmond through Williamsburg to Newport News Point. There, Collis Huntington, his associates, and his Old Dominion Land Company developed his vision for the area. Within only 15 years, a rural farm community in Warwick County turned into the new independent city of
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However, in the second half of the 20th century, an unprecedented wave of city-county-town local government consolidations took place in South
Hampton Roads and on the Virginia Peninsula. Nowhere else in Virginia have rural areas and more dense cities been combined in such a manner as these two
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In 1983, the MSA, comprising the cities of
Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, James City and York, was combined with the Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Portsmouth MSA and renamed the "Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Newport News MSA".
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After the capital of
Virginia moved to Richmond in 1780 for greater security during the American Revolutionary War, Williamsburg became much less busy. By the early 20th century, it was described as a "sleepy little hamlet", known best for the
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and
Eastern State Hospital, which was the successor to the country's first mental hospital, as well as its fading memories and deteriorating colonial sites. All that changed dramatically beginning in 1926. The restoration and recreation of
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became a major shipping point for the area's truck farming and an entire new development planned by a C&O land agent to attract farmers of
Scandinavian descent from the colder regions of the American Mid-West emerged at
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239:", a separate region of the south central portion of Virginia located farther inland.) More recently, the boundaries of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area have expanded to include the two southernmost counties of the
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515:. Hotels, houses, schools and businesses sprung up there, and at many points along the new rail line in Warwick, York and James City counties. Oyster Point became a shipping place for the watermen and the new town of
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by 1871. Long a dream of
Virginians, and later sponsored by both Virginia and West Virginia, the new railroad opened paths to ship products west, as well as offering an economically viable method of shipping the rich
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shortly after the start of the 20th century. Later in the first half of the 20th century, especially during the two world wars, massive military facilities were established on large reservations which today contain
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In 1960, the "Newport News–Hampton
Metropolitan Statistical Area" was designated a metropolitan area by the U.S. Census Bureau. It comprised the cities of Newport News, Hampton and York County.
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areas. The changes resulted in the two areas having Virginia's cities with the largest land areas and the most farming, even over 30 years after the consolidations in some instances.
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Although each is primarily located in other jurisdictions, portions of Fort Eustis, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex, and Camp Peary extend into James City County.
371:. Old Point Comfort is also the site of the first landing of Africans in America, in 1619. After declaring independence from Great Britain, Virginia's first state capital was
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created a natural barrier behind which the defenders successfully held the Confederate capital, essentially prolonging the war for three more devastating years.
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at the entrance to Hampton Roads, which had remained in Union control after Virginia seceded in 1861. At the outset of the Peninsula Campaign, the
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is the common name for the metropolitan area that surrounds the body of water of the same name. It is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the
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area of Colonial Virginia become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States by the end of the 20th century.
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on the south side. (Locally, South Hampton Roads is commonly called "the Southside", but this is not to be confused with "
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towns grew to become cities. Under the state constitutional changes in 1871, extant and future cities in Virginia became
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by the U.S. National Park Service, several major enhancements at Jamestown and Yorktown, and development of several
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counties are part of the Virginia Peninsula. In the 21st century, they are also considered part of the
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beginning in the 1970s, all combined to help make the
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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Area
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James River Bridge, viewed from Huntington Park Beach
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1541:"First Africans land at Old Point Comfort in 1619"
681:Newport News–Hampton Metropolitan Area (1960–1983)
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390:The Battle of Hampton Roads, as depicted by
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3294:Landforms of Newport News, Virginia
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3289:Landforms of York County, Virginia
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3279:Landforms of Poquoson, Virginia
2495:Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
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2078:Congressional districts
1956:Battle of Hampton Roads
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1462:Jamestown Festival Park
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1387:is located in Hampton.
1233:, and a state-operated
848:Metropolitan Area total
628:John D. Rockefeller Jr.
424:Battle of Hampton Roads
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2317:Atlantic Coastal Plain
1685:, Arcadia Publishing,
1665:, Arcadia Publishing,
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1385:Langley Air Force Base
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1354:Virginia Capital Trail
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563:Langley Air Force Base
551:In James City County,
505:Newport News, Virginia
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270:BahĂa de Madre de Dios
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1176:Elizabeth City County
1152:Elizabeth River Shire
833:Gloucester County, VA
814:James City County, VA
616:Colonial Williamsburg
525:Elizabeth City County
481:Industrial Revolution
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274:BahĂa de Santa Maria.
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2152:Gun laws in Virginia
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468:Collis P. Huntington
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3212:Virginia portal
2485:Staunton-Waynesboro
2382:South Hampton Roads
2312:Allegheny Mountains
2214:Tourist attractions
1915:South Hampton Roads
1560:xroads.virginia.edu
1490:Peninsula Extension
1338:(Humelsine Parkway)
1268:Interstate Highways
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1134:Jamestown, Virginia
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500:Peninsula Extension
440:George B. McClellan
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377:American Revolution
260:Spanish exploration
233:South Hampton Roads
202:Richmond–Petersburg
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2392:Southwest Virginia
2337:Delmarva Peninsula
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1961:Filipino Americans
1920:Virginia Peninsula
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517:Lee Hall, Virginia
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436:Siege of Yorktown
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