Essex County, Virginia
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county, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, draw only border, historic district
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Established 1692.
Roughly the northern one third of the county is listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the "Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District", a 45,000-acre tract of land that boasts "...a significant collection of buildings, structures, landscape features, and sites that highlight the evolution of a rural Tidewater community from the early 1700s through the mid-20th century."
NRHP #100005837
Roughly the northern one third of the county is listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the "Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District", a 45,000-acre tract of land that boasts "...a significant collection of buildings, structures, landscape features, and sites that highlight the evolution of a rural Tidewater community from the early 1700s through the mid-20th century."
NRHP #100005837
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°57'10"N 76°54'31"W
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- Suffolk County, New York 473 km
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- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge 7.1 km
- Elmwood 22 km
- Stratford Hall Plantation 23 km
- Westmoreland State Park 23 km
- Burlington 24 km
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument 27 km
- Fort Walker 36 km
- BSA National Scout Jamboree Site (1981-2010) 43 km
- Hopyard Farm 45 km