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  2. Chesapeake, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake, Virginia. /  36.71417°N 76.23833°W  / 36.71417; -76.23833. Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States. [4]

  3. Sunray Agricultural Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Sunray Agricultural Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 188 contributing buildings, 90 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the early 20th-century immigrant farming community of Sunray. It includes early 20th century vernacular ...

  4. South Norfolk Historic District - Wikipedia

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    January 27, 1989. Designated VLR. December 8, 1987 [2] South Norfolk Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 668 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in what started as a planned community of Norfolk County, Virginia and grew to become an independent city. South ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chesapeake ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.

  6. Virginia's congressional districts - Wikipedia

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    Virginia is currently divided into 11 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The death of Rep. Donald McEachin on November 28, 2022, left the 4th congressional district seat empty. [1] [2] Following the results of a special election to fill his seat on February 21, 2023, Jennifer ...

  7. Delmarva Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Delmarva Peninsula map with the Eastern Shore of Virginia (in yellow), the Eastern Shore of Maryland (in orange), and part of Delaware (also in yellow). The Delmarva Peninsula, or simply Delmarva, is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by the vast majority of the state of Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Eastern Shore of Virginia.

  8. Chesapeake Colonies - Wikipedia

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    A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey, 1685 map of the Chesapeake region by Christopher Browne. The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.

  9. Western Branch, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Western Branch is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia (formerly Norfolk County) in the United States. It is located in the South Hampton Roads region and consists of generally low-lying sandy terrain of the coastal plain. Its namesake, the western branch of the Elizabeth River, defines the area's eastern boundary.