James City County

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administrative division county local government area

James City County is a historic county in southeastern Virginia known for encompassing Jamestown, the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
James City County, Virginia	14
James City County canonical	2
James City Shire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ county ⓘ local government area ⓘ
borderedBy	Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: City of Williamsburg, Virginia James River ⓘ New Kent County, Virginia ⓘ Surry County, Virginia ⓘ York County, Virginia ⓘ York River ⓘ
contains	Grove ⓘ Jamestown ⓘ Jamestown District ⓘ Jamestown Island ⓘ Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ surface form: Jamestown Settlement Lightfoot ⓘ Norway ⓘ surface form: Norge Powhatan District ⓘ Roberts District ⓘ Stonehouse District ⓘ Toano ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg (independent city, partially surrounded)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economy	government and education services ⓘ retail and hospitality ⓘ tourism ⓘ
FIPSCode	51xxx ⓘ
formedFrom	James City County self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James City Shire
formedIn	17th century ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1498510 ⓘ
governmentType	county board of supervisors ⓘ
hasAttraction	Busch Gardens Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Busch Gardens Williamsburg (partly associated area) Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Colonial National Historical Park (part) Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Jamestown National Historic Site Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://jamescitycountyva.gov/ ⓘ
historicalSignificance	includes site of first permanent English settlement in North America ⓘ one of the oldest counties in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton Roads ⓘ Virginia Peninsula ⓘ Southeastern Virginia ⓘ surface form: southeastern Virginia
namedAfter	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: King James I of England
partOf	Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Greater Williamsburg region United States Census Bureau county-level divisions ⓘ
seat	Williamsburg ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
subdivisionType	county of Virginia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ