Gloucester County, Virginia

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Gloucester County, Virginia is a historic coastal county on the Middle Peninsula of the Commonwealth of Virginia, known for its role in early American history and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county of Virginia ⓘ
adjacentTo King and Queen County, Virginia ⓘ
Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Middlesex County, Virginia ⓘ
York County, Virginia ⓘ
borderedByWaterBody Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Mobjack Bay ⓘ
linked to: Chincoteague Bay

York River ⓘ
bridgeName George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia ⓘ
crossedBy U.S. Route 17 ⓘ
fipsCode 51XXX ⓘ
gnisID XXXXXXX ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasBridgeConnectionTo York County, Virginia ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Gloucester Courthouse Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Abingdon Episcopal Church ⓘ
Rosewell Plantation ruins ⓘ
linked to: Rosewell Plantation

Ware Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
seafood industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolSystem Gloucester County Public Schools ⓘ
hasSettlement Bena, Virginia ⓘ
Dutton, Virginia ⓘ
Gloucester Point, Virginia ⓘ
Hayes, Virginia ⓘ
Ordinary, Virginia ⓘ
knownFor historic plantations ⓘ
proximity to Yorktown battlefield area ⓘ
role in early American history ⓘ
legislativeBody Gloucester County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
locatedIn Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

Eastern Virginia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Virginia

Middle Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Middle Peninsula of Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Gloucester, England ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester

Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ
partOf Hampton Roads metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads

United States Census Bureau ⓘ
regionType coastal county ⓘ
seat Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Virginia's 1st congressional district → contains → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Bathurst → partOf → Gloucester County ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
Murray Leinster → placeOfDeath → Gloucester, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
York County, Virginia → borderedBy → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
John Page (Virginia politician) → birthPlace → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Irene Morgan → placeOfDeath → Gloucester County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
Irene Morgan → arrestedIn → Gloucester County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
Irene Morgan → hasResidence → Gloucester County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
Walter Reed → hasPlaceOfBirth → Gloucester County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Major Walter Reed
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge → connects → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
John Page → residence → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Page family of Virginia → regionOfInfluence → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
King and Queen County, Virginia → borderedBy → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
York County, Virginia → borderedBy → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: York County
Mathews County, Virginia → formedFrom → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Mathews County, Virginia → hasAdjacentCounty → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Werowocomoco → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
York River waterfront → nearby → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
York River Bridge → locatedIn → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Middle Peninsula of Virginia → contains → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
King and Queen County → borderedBy → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Gloucester Point, Virginia → county → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Gloucester Point, Virginia → partOf → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
William Fitzgerald Jenkins → placeOfDeath → Gloucester, Virginia, United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester County, Virginia
Newport News Division → appliesToJurisdiction → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
William B. Taliaferro → birthPlace → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
William B. Taliaferro → deathPlace → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
William B. Taliaferro → residence → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 17 in Virginia → passesThrough → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Virginia → contains → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Virginia
Fairfield Plantation → locatedIn → Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ