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Hampton City Hall is a historic city hall located at Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a two-story, concrete building clad in brick veneer and topped with a flat roof surrounded by a parapet in the Art Deco style. In 1962, the building was expanded and converted for use as a Juvenile Courts and Probation Office.
A comprehensive list of 95 counties and 38 independent cities in Virginia, with links to maps, population data, and historical information. Learn about the origins, names, and features of each county and city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Hampton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, not part of any county. It has a history dating back to 1607, when it was first settled by English colonists, and is now part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
1715 – Hampton designated seat of Elizabeth City County. [2] 1718 – Head of dead pirate Blackbeard displayed on a pole at place later known as "Blackbeard's Point." [2] 1727 – St John’s church was re-built. [1] 1755 – "1,000 Acadian" travellers stay temporarily in Hampton. [2] 1788 – Hampton becomes part of the new U.S. state of ...
Learn about the history, geography, and attractions of York County, one of the oldest counties in the U.S. and a part of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia. Find out how it was founded, renamed, and developed over time, and what it offers to visitors and residents today.
Old Point Comfort is a historic point of land in Virginia, where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. It has a lighthouse, a fort, and a park, and was the site of the first landing of enslaved Africans in 1619.
Gear was born in Hampton, Virginia and graduated from Kecoughtan High School in Hampton, Virginia. He served in the Virginia National Guard from 1968 to 1974. Gear was a commercial printer and was also in the real estate business. He served on Hampton City Council from 1998 to 2001. [3]
Suffolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States, with a population of 94,324 as of 2020. It is the largest city in Virginia by land area and the 10th-most populous in the state, located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.