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HISTORY OF NORFOLK COUNTY VA1795 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jimmy Emerson
LOWER AND UPPER NORFOLK COUNTIES WERE FORMED FROM THE ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY IN 1637. PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY WAS CARVED OUT OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF NORFOLK COUNTY IN 1691.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOSPORT SHIPYARD IN 1767; THE FIRST MARINE HOSPITAL IN AMERICA IN 1787; THE FIRST US NAVAL HOSPITAL IN 1829 AND FREE SCHOOLS IN 1845 ARE A FEW OF THE FAMOUS EVENTS IN THE COUNTY'S HISTORY.
NORFOLK COUNTY "MOTHER OF CITIES"-WITHIN IT'S BOUNDARIES NORFOLK, 1680; PORTSMOUTH, 1752; AND SOUTH NORFOLK 1921, WERE BORN. SOUTH NORFOLK AND NORFOLK COUNTY MERGED IN 1963 TO FORM THE CITY OF CHESEPEAKE.
Blanche Batchelder Gill, member of the Great Bridge Chapter of the DAR, 1966.
Near entrance of the Chesepeake City Court House in Great Bridge, Chesapeake City Virginia
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