Norfolk, Virginia

E14333

independent city port city

Norfolk, Virginia is a historic independent port city in southeastern Virginia, known for hosting the world’s largest naval base and serving as a major cultural and economic center of the Hampton Roads region.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Norfolk, Virginia canonical	170
Norfolk, Virginia, United States	25
Norfolk	2
Downtown Norfolk	1
Downtown Norfolk area	1
Independent City of Norfolk	1
Norfolk city government	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent city ⓘ port city ⓘ
areaCode	757 ⓘ 948 ⓘ
borders	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ Chesapeake, Virginia ⓘ Elizabeth River ⓘ Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads harbor Portsmouth, Virginia ⓘ Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Virginia Beach, Virginia
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectedBy	Downtown Tunnel ⓘ Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ Midtown Tunnel ⓘ Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasFestival	Bayou Boogaloo ⓘ Harborfest ⓘ NEON Festival ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Freemason Historic District ⓘ Ghent Historic District ⓘ
hasPort	Norfolk International Terminals ⓘ Port of Virginia facilities ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Norfolk Admirals ⓘ Norfolk Tides ⓘ
hasStatus	independent of any county ⓘ
hasTransportation	Hampton Roads Transit bus network ⓘ The Tide light rail system ⓘ
hosts	Chrysler Hall ⓘ Chrysler Museum of Art ⓘ Eastern Virginia Medical School ⓘ Harbor Park ⓘ MacArthur Center ⓘ Allied Command Transformation ⓘ surface form: NATO Allied Command Transformation Nauticus maritime museum ⓘ Naval Station Norfolk ⓘ Norfolk International Airport ⓘ Norfolk State University ⓘ Old Dominion University ⓘ Scope Arena ⓘ USS Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Virginia Zoo ⓘ Waterside District ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1845 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	none ⓘ
isPartOf	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia Tidewater region ⓘ
isSeatOf	Norfolk, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Norfolk city government
knownFor	cultural institutions ⓘ historic neighborhoods ⓘ major military presence ⓘ maritime industry ⓘ waterfront downtown ⓘ world’s largest naval base ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton Roads ⓘ Southeastern Virginia ⓘ
majorEconomicSectors	education ⓘ healthcare ⓘ military ⓘ shipbuilding and repair ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
namedAfter	Norfolk, England ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area ⓘ
population	approximately 235000 ⓘ
populationRankInVirginia	one of the largest cities in Virginia ⓘ
postalCodeRange	23501–23551 ⓘ
settled	late 17th century ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (201)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas MacArthur → burialPlace → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → hasPart → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk

Norfolk Southern Railway → formerHeadquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Norfolk, Virginia → isSeatOf → Norfolk, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk city government

Chesapeake Bay → hasCityOnShore → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk

Allied Command Transformation → headquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Ella Baker → placeOfBirth → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

MacArthur Memorial → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Plaxico Burress → placeOfBirth → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Amtrak Northeast Regional → serves → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Squires → playedHomeGamesIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Stephen Decatur → residence → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Moses Malone → placeOfDeath → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Jamestown → nearbyCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Naval Station Norfolk → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Northeast Regional → terminus → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Seaboard Air Line Railroad → headquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Seaboard Air Line Railroad → servedCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

USS Sims (DD-409) → homeport → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Clarence Clemons → placeOfBirth → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

USS Forrestal (CV-59) → homeport → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command → headquartersCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Fleet Forces Command → headquartersCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Norfolk Tides → city → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Norfolk Tides → homeVenueCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Bruce Smith → placeOfBirth → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Old Dominion Monarchs women’s basketball team → location → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Atlantic Fleet → headquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → hasCourthouseIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Nottz → origin → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

CV-5 → homeport → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Yorktown (CV-5)

USS Wisconsin → museumLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

NSC → formerHeadquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Norfolk Southern Corporation

Downtown Tunnel → connects → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Waterside District → location → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Chrysler Museum of Art → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Norfolk

Freemason Historic District → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Freemason Historic District → partOf → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Norfolk area

NEON Festival → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Zoo → location → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Jamestown Exposition → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Timothy Mosley → placeOfBirth → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk → headquartersLocation → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

USS Constellation (Baltimore) → builtAt → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Scope Arena → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Scope Arena → ownedByMunicipality → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Norfolk Admirals → location → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Ghent Historic District → locatedIn → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Hampton Roads Transit bus network → servesCity → Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ