Mathews County, Virginia

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Mathews County, Virginia is a small, coastal county on the Middle Peninsula of the Chesapeake Bay known for its maritime heritage, waterfront communities, and rural character.

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Mathews County, Virginia canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Virginia ⓘ
belongsTo United States Census Bureau county divisions ⓘ
borderedByWaterBody East River ⓘ
Mobjack Bay ⓘ
North River ⓘ
Piankatank River ⓘ
characterizedBy maritime heritage ⓘ
rural character ⓘ
waterfront communities ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished 1791 ⓘ
economyIncludes fishing ⓘ
recreation and boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
FIPSCode 51XXX ⓘ
formedFrom Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
GNISFeatureID XXXXXXX ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAdjacentCounty Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
Middlesex County, Virginia ⓘ
hasAreaCode 804 ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
hasCountySeat Mathews, Virginia ⓘ
hasFeature extensive shoreline ⓘ
low elevation coastal plain ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Mathews Courthouse Square Historic District ⓘ
New Point Comfort Light ⓘ
hasLargestCommunity Mathews, Virginia ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.mathewscountyva.gov/ ⓘ
hasZIPCode 23109 ⓘ
isOneOf smallest counties in Virginia by land area ⓘ
locatedIn Middle Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea non-metropolitan rural area ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Mathews ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
popularFor birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
fishing and crabbing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
regionType coastal county ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia's 1st congressional district → contains → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Gloucester County, Virginia → adjacentTo → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Middle Peninsula of Virginia → contains → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Newport News Division → appliesToJurisdiction → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 17 in Virginia → passesThrough → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Virginia → contains → Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Virginia