Caroline County, Virginia

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Caroline County, Virginia is a rural county in the Commonwealth of Virginia historically notable as the place where the interracial marriage at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia originated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borders Essex County
Essex County, Virginia
Hanover County
Hanover County, Virginia
King William County
King William County, Virginia
King and Queen County
King and Queen County, Virginia
Spotsylvania County
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County, Virginia
containsSettlement Bowling Green, Virginia
Port Royal, Virginia
country United States
governedBy Board of Supervisors of Caroline County, Virginia
hasAreaCode 804
hasCountySeat Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Virginia
hasFIPSCode 51-033
hasGNISID 1498500
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHistoricSignificance site of arrest of Richard and Mildred Loving
symbol of anti-miscegenation law enforcement prior to 1967
hasJudicialAuthority Caroline County Circuit Court
hasLegislativeBody Caroline County Board of Supervisors
hasMajorHighway Interstate 95
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 301
Virginia State Route 2
Virginia State Route 207
hasPostalAbbreviation VA
hasSignificantEvent origin of the Loving v. Virginia case
hasSubdivisionType county of Virginia
isRural true
locatedBetween Richmond and Fredericksburg
linked to: Fredericksburg
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia
linked to: Virginia

United States
Virginia
locatedInRegion eastern Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Caroline of Ansbach
notableFor being the home county of Richard and Mildred Loving
role in landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia
partOf Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace American Viticultural Area
linked to: Northern Neck

Richmond, Virginia metropolitan statistical area
United States Census Bureau defined counties
stateSubdivisionOf Virginia

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Loving v. Virginia locationOfOriginatingCase Caroline County, Virginia
Guinea Station, Virginia locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
John Taylor of Caroline birthPlace Caroline County, Virginia
John Taylor of Caroline deathPlace Caroline County, Virginia
Spotsylvania County, Virginia borderedBy Caroline County, Virginia
Rappahannock River flowsThrough Caroline County, Virginia
Rappahannock River formsBorderBetween Caroline County, Virginia
Mildred Loving placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia, United States
linked to: Caroline County, Virginia
Mildred Loving arrestPlace Caroline County, Virginia, United States
linked to: Caroline County, Virginia
Virginia's 1st congressional district contains Caroline County, Virginia
Richard Loving placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia, United States
linked to: Caroline County, Virginia
Richard Loving placeOfDeath Caroline County, Virginia, United States
linked to: Caroline County, Virginia
King George County, Virginia borderedByCounty Caroline County, Virginia
Bowling Green, Virginia county Caroline County, Virginia
Bowling Green, Virginia isCountySeatOf Caroline County, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson Shrine locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Guiney Station locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Guiney family locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Guiney family regionOfActivity Caroline County, Virginia
Guinea Station depot locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Guinea Station depot county Caroline County, Virginia
Caroline County government governs Caroline County, Virginia
Caroline County government jurisdiction Caroline County, Virginia
Choptank River flowsThrough Caroline County, Virginia
Port Royal, Virginia county Caroline County, Virginia
Port Royal, Virginia locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Fort Walker locatedIn Caroline County, Virginia
Hanover County, Virginia borderedBy Caroline County, Virginia
Edmund Pendleton placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia
Edmund Pendleton residence Caroline County, Virginia
John Taylor of Caroline placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia
subject linked to: John Taylor
John Taylor of Caroline placeOfDeath Caroline County, Virginia
subject linked to: John Taylor
Hazelwood plantation coordinateLocation Caroline County, Virginia, United States
linked to: Caroline County, Virginia