Henricus

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Henricus was an early 17th-century English colonial settlement in Virginia, established as one of the first permanent towns in North America.

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instanceOf English colonial settlement
former populated place
historic town site
abandonedInCentury 17th century
associatedWith early tobacco cultivation in Virginia
relations between English colonists and Powhatan peoples
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
currentSite Dutch Gap area of Chesterfield County, Virginia
Henricus Historical Park
defensiveFeature palisaded fortifications
destroyedInEvent Indian Massacre of 1622
economyBasedOn subsistence agriculture
tobacco cultivation
era Colonial America
Stuart period in England
establishedAs one of the first permanent English towns in North America
establishedInPeriod early 17th century
foundedBy Sir Thomas Dale
Virginia Company of London
governedUnder charter of the Virginia Company of London
hadFunction administrative center
agricultural settlement
defensive outpost
educational center for Native Americans
religious center
heritageDesignation archaeological and historical site
influenced later development of Henrico County
languageOfAdministration English
locatedIn Henrico County
surface form: Henrico County, Virginia

Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony
locatedInPresentDay Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
locatedNear present-day Richmond, Virginia
locatedOnRiver James River
namedAfter Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Prince Henry, son of King James I
namedForDynasty House of Stuart
nearbyIndigenousGroup Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
partOf English colonization of North America
Virginia Company of London
surface form: Virginia Company of London colony
plannedInstitutions college for the education of Native American youth
precededBy Jamestown
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia
relativeToJamestown intended as a replacement or alternative capital to Jamestown
religiousAffiliation Church of England
significance among the earliest English municipal experiments in North America
early example of planned English town in Virginia
toponymicLegacy Henrico County name origin
transportRoute James River
surface form: James River waterway

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