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The
State of Virginia was home to the first permanent English
colony founded by the Virginia Company at Jamestown
in 1607. It entered the union in 1788 as one of the original
13 states. The state of Virginia was named for Elizabeth I,
the Virgin Queen of England. Virginia was home to many of the
founding fathers, including George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, and Patrick Henry.
Four of America's first five presidents were Virginians. Richmond,
Virginia's capital, was the capital of the Confederacy
during the Civil War.
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Richmond,
Virginia and its surrounding metropolitan
area is known as the "Region Easy To Love", and
it's easy to see why. Richmond was voted one of America's Most
Livable
Communities, an award presented every ten years by the
non-profit Partners for Livable Communities, and was named by
Forbes magazine as the tenth best place in the nation for
starting a business or a career.
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Hopewell,
Virginia is one of the oldest continually settled
communities in the nation. In 1607, just a few days after the
first settlers landed in Jamestown, Captain Christopher
Newport explored the Hopewell area. A community was formed
there in 1613. An Indian massacre occurred in 1622, but the
tenacious survivors remained and rebuilt. As with most of Virginia,
Hopewell was the site of many Revolutionary War battles, and
during the Civil War, the community became one of Ulysses S.
Grant's headquarters. Historic Hopewell has preserved many of
the sites and buildings that tell of its past.
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Petersburg is widely known as the city held in the longest
siege in U.S. history. When General Ulysses S. Grant occupied
Petersburg for nine and a half months, he effectively cut off
the Confederate supplies to Richmond during the Civil War. The
Petersburg
National Battlefield and many museums record the memories
of those hard times. During the Revolutionary War, the British
invaded the city during the Battle
of Petersburg.
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Charlottesville,
Virginia's earliest known settlement in the area was an
Indian village called Monasukapanough. It was located
approximately five miles north of the present center of town
on a hillside overlooking the Rivanna River.
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Fredericksburg,
Virginia
affords a wide range of cultural, educational, and recreational
options. From the scenic parks and quiet historic markers, to
the lively sporting events and unique shopping opportunities,
Fredericksburg
has something for everyone. Fredericksburg
lies just 50 miles outside of
Washington, D.C., where
a sizable number of residents commute to work each day.
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Albemarle
County, Virginia
nestles at the foothills of the majestic Blue
Ridge Mountains. Albemarle County lies approximately 70
miles west of the bustling capital city of Richmond
and 110 miles southwest of Washington,
D.C., our nation's
capital. Willem
Anne van Keppel, the 2nd Earl of Albemarle and Virginia's
titular Governor at the time of the area's founding, is the
inspiration for the name of Albemarle County.
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Louisa,
Virginia, the seat of Louisa County, was formed from
Hanover County in 1742. At the meeting of the first Court held
on December 13, 1742 at the home of Matthew
Jouett, permission was granted to Mr. Jouett to keep an
ordinary at his home by the Court House. This was the start of
a community to be known as Louisa Courthouse and later, the
village or town of Louisa.
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Louisa
County, Virginia
stretches along the I-64 corridor between the energetic
metropolises of Charlottesville
and Richmond.
Louisa County’s name is in honor of Princess Louise of Great
Britain, who was the youngest daughter of King
George II and later became the wife of King
Frederick V of Denmark.
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Tappahannock,
Virginia is the county seat of Essex
County, Virginia. Its name comes from the Algonquian
language (a subfamily of Native American languages), meaning
"river of quick, rising water" or "where the
tide ebbs and flows." Tappahannock is located on the
Rappahannock River. Captain John Smith first visited this area
in 1608. Whe he attempted to land, Native Americans drove him
fiercely back to his ship. In the mid 1600's, Jacob Hobbs
established a trading pos heret. For a few years the area was
known as Hobb's Hole and later as New Plymouth. The original
name was returned in 1705.
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Essex
County, Virginia
lies along the west bank of the lovely Rappahannock
River, within the dynamic Richmond
Metropolitan Area. Richmond, VA is 45 miles outside of
Essex County on the opposite shore of the Rappahannock River.
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Tri-Cities,
Virginia is also known as the Tri-Cities area or the Appomattox
Basin. This is an area within the Greater Richmond Region,
which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg,
Colonial
Heights, and Hopewell.
Additional unincorporated communities found in the Tri-Cities
area include Ettrick,
Fort
Lee, and City
Point. City Point, a formerly historic incorporated town,
was annexed and became part of the City of Hopewell, Virginia.
Portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield,
Dinwiddie,
and Prince
George are also considered part of the Tri-Cities area.
Tri-Cities, VA area is located in south central Virginia about
25 miles south of the Virginia's state capital of Richmond,
and is centered on the Appomattox
River, which has its confluence with the James River near
historic City Point in Hopewell.
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Staunton,
Virginia, called “Queen City of the
Shenandoah Valley”, is noted for its
stunning array of well-preserved homes in a wide variety of architectural styles.
Staunton, VA draws visitors from all around the region. Unlike so many of
the towns in the Valley, Staunton luckily escaped invasion during the brutal
Civil War, and the care and attention of
city leaders to its five
historic districts delights tourists who flock here each season.
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Augusta County,
Virginia nestles in the shadows of the
Blue Ridge and
Allegheny Mountain chains, extending
over 970 miles of VA’s breathtakingly beautiful
Shenandoah Valley. Formed in
1738 and named for the
Princess of Wales,
the Augusta County, VA borders originally reached all the way to the
Mississippi River.
Today, Augusta County is Virginia’s second largest county in
terms of land area.
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