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  2. New Hanover County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.nhcgov.com. New Hanover County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. [ 1 ] Though the second-smallest county in North Carolina by land area, [ 2 ] it is one of the most populous, as its county seat, Wilmington, [ 3 ] is one of the state's largest communities. The ...

  3. Mattaponi - Wikipedia

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    They have been recognized as a tribe by the Commonwealth of Virginia and own 32 acres (130,000 m 2) of land in Hanover County. [6] [7] Federal status was granted to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe through the passage of the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017 on January 12, 2018. [8]

  4. Hanover County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Located in the western Tidewater region of Virginia, Hanover County was created on November 26, 1719, from the area of New Kent County called St. Peter's Parish. It was named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time. The county was developed by planters moving west from ...

  5. New Hanover County is one of the top places for tourist ... - AOL

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    New Hanover County is ranked No. 8 out of the the state's 100 counties for visitor impact, with visitors spending more than $1 billion for a second year in a row. The Wilmington and Beaches ...

  6. New Hanover County is building two new fire stations. Here's ...

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    County commissioners approved the purchase of the future Gordon Road fire station site at 6102 Gordon Road and 6068 Gordon Road for a total of $500,000 last year.

  7. Ashland, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Ashland, Virginia. (2020) Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,565, [ 5 ] up from 7,225 at the 2010 census. Ashland is named after the Lexington, Kentucky estate of Hanover County native and ...

  8. Hanover County Courthouse - Wikipedia

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    Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [1] Hanover County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in the community of Hanover Courthouse, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia. Built about 1735, it is one of the nation's oldest courthouses still in use for that purpose. It is historically notable as the site of the Parson's Cause case ...

  9. Mechanicsville, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    23111, 23116. Area code. 804. FIPS code. 51-50856. GNIS feature ID. 2389467. Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The population was 39,482 during the 2020 census, [2] up from 36,348 in the 2010 census.