Virginia's 1st congressional district

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Virginia's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district that stretches from the northern part of the state’s coastal and Tidewater region inland, encompassing a mix of suburban, rural, and military-connected communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
congressional district
alsoKnownAs Virginia's 1st congressional district
surface form: First Congressional District of Virginia

VA-01
Virginia's 1st congressional district
surface form: Virginia 1st District
borderedBy Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 2nd congressional district
Virginia's 3rd congressional district
Virginia's 4th congressional district
Virginia's 5th congressional district
Virginia's 7th congressional district
contains Caroline County, Virginia
Fredericksburg
surface form: City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Hampton, Virginia, United States
surface form: City of Hampton, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)

Newport News, Virginia
surface form: City of Newport News, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)

City of Williamsburg, Virginia (depending on redistricting)
Essex County, Virginia
Gloucester County, Virginia
James City County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)
King George County, Virginia
King William County, Virginia
King and Queen County, Virginia
Mathews County, Virginia
Middlesex County, Virginia
New Kent County, Virginia
surface form: New Kent County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)

Northern Neck
surface form: Northern Neck region of Virginia (large portion)

Portions of the Middle Peninsula of Virginia
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
surface form: Spotsylvania County, Virginia (part)

Stafford County, Virginia
York County, Virginia
surface form: York County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
created 1788
electionCycle every two years
federalChamber House of Representatives
governingLaw United States Constitution
federal and state redistricting statutes
hasCharacteristic includes coastal communities
includes growing suburban areas
includes military-connected communities
includes rural agricultural areas
mix of suburban, rural, and exurban communities
significant military presence
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Tidewater region
surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia

coastal Virginia
Southeastern Virginia
surface form: eastern Virginia
nickname America's First District
numberOfRepresentatives 1
partOf Virginia congressional delegation
state Virginia
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Westmoreland County, Virginia isPartOfCongressionalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district
Virginia's 1st congressional district alsoKnownAs Virginia's 1st congressional district
this entity surface form: Virginia 1st District
Virginia's 1st congressional district alsoKnownAs Virginia's 1st congressional district
this entity surface form: First Congressional District of Virginia
King George County, Virginia congressionalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district
Thomas N. Downing represented Virginia's 1st congressional district
this entity surface form: Virginia's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
Northumberland County, Virginia congressionalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district
this entity surface form: Virginia’s 1st congressional district
United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia composedOf Virginia's 1st congressional district
York County, Virginia federalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district
Herbert H. Bateman represented district Virginia's 1st congressional district