• Elizabeth City (or Elizabeth Cittie [sic] as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor...
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    Elizabeth City Shire was one of eight shires created in colonial Virginia in 1634. The shire and the Elizabeth River were named for Elizabeth of Bohemia...
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    America. The coast was named Virginia, after Elizabeth I, and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas. The company's shareholders were Londoners...
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  • [sic], as they were called. These were Charles City, Elizabeth City, Henrico City, and James City. James City included the seat of government for the colony...
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  • in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company. In 1613, Bermuda City was founded, which was later renamed after Prince Charles...
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    Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank and Camden counties, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,629. Elizabeth...
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    The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes,...
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    counties, cities, and towns of Virginia are those that existed within the English Colony of Virginia or, after statehood, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and...
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    Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. What became of Virginia and...
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  • are Charles City County and James City County, whose names originated with earlier "incorporations" created in 1619 by the Virginia Company as Charles...
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