Elizabeth City County, Virginia
- Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Elizabeth City County was a
county in southeasternVirginia from 1634 to 1952. Originally created in1634 asElizabeth River Shire , it was one of eightshire s created in theVirginia Colony by order of the King of England. In 1636, it was subdivided, and the portion north of the harbor ofHampton Roads became known as Elizabeth City Shire. It was renamed Elizabeth City County a short time later.Elizabeth City was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kecoughtan and Kikowtan), presumably a word for the Native Americans living there when the English arrived in
1607 . They were friendly to the English, but SirThomas Gates either worried about safety (including potential attack by the Spaniards and the Dutch) or coveted their corn fields after the "starving time" of the 1609-10 winter. The English stole their land while the men were out hunting, and for some reason, the natives never attacked the settlement in response.The shire and county were named for
Elizabeth of Bohemia , daughter of King James I.The town of Hampton, established in
1680 , became the largest city in Elizabeth City County, and was thecounty seat . In 1952, Elizabeth City County merged with Hampton and is today theindependent city of Hampton. The city also includes the former Town of Phoebus, resulting in modern-day Hampton encompassing nearly all of what was Elizabeth City County. Since the English settlers occupied the former Indian village of Kecoughtan in1610 , and the town at Jamestown was eventually abandoned, the city of Hampton now claims to be the oldest continuously-settled English city inNorth America .Major Communities in Elizabeth City County
*
Buckroe Beach
* Fox Hill
* Langley Field
* Plum Tree Point
* Phobeus
* Hampton (before it became an independent city)
* Wythe
* Aberdeen Gardens
* Pine Chapel VillageExternal links
* http://www.virginiaplaces.org/vacount/elizaco.html
* http://www.hampton.va.us/police/about_us/about_division.html
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