Nansemond County, Virginia

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Nansemond County, Virginia was a former independent county in southeastern Virginia that ultimately merged with the independent city of Suffolk, with its territory now forming part of modern-day Suffolk.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Virginia
former county
borderedBy Chesapeake, Virginia NERFINISHED
Gates County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Isle of Wight County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Portsmouth, Virginia NERFINISHED
Southampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
containedArea Great Dismal Swamp NERFINISHED
containedSettlement Chuckatuck, Virginia NERFINISHED
Driver, Virginia NERFINISHED
Holland, Virginia NERFINISHED
Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
Whaleyville, Virginia NERFINISHED
containedWaterBody James River NERFINISHED
Lake Drummond NERFINISHED
Nansemond River NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economyHistoricallyBasedOn agriculture
lumber
peanut farming
tobacco farming
formerSubdivisionOf Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED
Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED
governmentType county government
hadCountySeat Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED
historicalStatus independent city-county relationship with Suffolk, Virginia
locatedIn Southeastern Virginia NERFINISHED
Virginia
mergedInto Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
namedAfter Nansemond River NERFINISHED
Nansemond people NERFINISHED
nowRepresentedBy City of Suffolk government NERFINISHED
partOf Hampton Roads region NERFINISHED
partOfJudicialCircuit Virginia state courts NERFINISHED
regionType rural-urban mix
status defunct
successor Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
territoryNowPartOf Suffolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
transportationCorridor Seaboard rail lines NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 13 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 58 NERFINISHED
usedFor law enforcement
local administration
record keeping
taxation

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Suffolk, Virginia, United States consolidatedWith Nansemond County, Virginia
subject surface form: Suffolk, Virginia