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  2. Phoebus, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Phoebus (known as Chesapeake City from 1871–1899) is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula.In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus (1840–1886), who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

  3. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the population density of Virginia Many towns are as large as cities but are not incorporated as cities and are situated within a parent county or counties. Seven independent cities had 2020 populations of less than 10,000 with the smallest, Norton having a population of only 3,687. [ 2 ]

  4. Wake, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Wake is an unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. Wake is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) east-southeast of Saluda . Wake has a post office with ZIP code 23176, which opened on February 19, 1898.

  5. Interstate 95 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 95 (I-95) runs 179 miles (288 km) within the commonwealth of Virginia between its borders with North Carolina and Maryland.I-95 meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg and is concurrent with I-64 for three miles (4.8 km) in Richmond.

  6. Virginia State Route 247 - Wikipedia

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    State Route 247 (SR 247) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 5.31 miles (8.55 km) from SR 337 east to SR 165 within the independent city of Norfolk . SR 247 is a major east–west thoroughfare that connects U.S. Route 460 (US 460) and Interstate 64 (I-64) with Norfolk International Airport .

  7. Virginia Beach Airport - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Beach Airport (FAA LID: 42VA) is a private civilian airfield located in the Pungo Borough of Virginia Beach, Virginia.. It is the home of the Military Aviation Museum, which uses it to maintain, display, and fly vintage and replica warbirds; the aircraft are primarily from the World War II era, but they range from the 1910s to the 1950s.

  8. U.S. Route 50 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The east–west major routes in the 1920s national grid system were those with two digit numbers ending with a zero (e.g. US 10, US 20, etc.). Virginia's other east–west highway of this type is US 60, which extends in modern times from Virginia Beach across the middle section of the state to exit west of Covington.

  9. Northern Neck - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas (traditionally called "necks" in Virginia) on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in the Commonwealth of Virginia (along with the Middle Peninsula and the Virginia Peninsula). The Potomac River forms the northern boundary of the peninsula; the Rappahannock River demarcates it on the ...