Northampton County, Virginia

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Northampton County, Virginia is a rural county on Virginia’s Eastern Shore known for its coastal landscapes and its position at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel.

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Label Occurrences
Northampton County, Virginia canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county in the United States ⓘ
county of Virginia ⓘ
areaLand approximately 212 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal approximately 795 square miles ⓘ
areaWater approximately 583 square miles ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Kiptopeke State Park ⓘ
containsTown Cape Charles, Virginia ⓘ
Cheriton, Virginia ⓘ
Eastville, Virginia ⓘ
Exmore, Virginia ⓘ
Nassawadox, Virginia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished 1634 ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
aquaculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
FIPSCode 51131 ⓘ
GNISID 1497023 ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
hasCountySeat Eastville, Virginia ⓘ
hasFeature barrier islands ⓘ
coastal wetlands ⓘ
farmland ⓘ
hasLargestSettlement Exmore, Virginia ⓘ
isPartOf Hampton Roads metropolitan region (broad definition) ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads
isRural true ⓘ
locatedAtNorthernEndOf Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
locatedIn Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
Eastern Shore of Virginia ⓘ
locatedInCongressionalDistrict Virginia's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Northamptonshire, England ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.co.northampton.va.us/ ⓘ
originalName Accomac Shire ⓘ
population approximately 11,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
populationDensity low ⓘ
regionalPlanningDistrict Accomack-Northampton Planning District ⓘ
renamed Northampton County ⓘ
renamedInYear 1642 ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ

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

Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → terminusNorth → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Shore of Virginia → composedOf → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Accomack County, Virginia → borderedBy → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Cape Charles, Virginia → county → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia's 2nd congressional district → contains → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 → passesThrough → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
John Custis II → residence → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
John Custis IV → birthPlace → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
John Custis IV → residence → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Abel P. Upshur → placeOfBirth → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Atlantic coast of Virginia → includes → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → runsThrough → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Virginia → contains → Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Virginia