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FIPS code. 51-16000 [ 2 ] GNIS feature ID. 1496841 [ 3 ] Website. www.cityofchesapeake.net. Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States.
His family moved to the Deep Creek borough of Norfolk County, Virginia (now the city of Chesapeake) in 1907. Hillard served in the U.S. Army in World War I, after which he attended the College of William and Mary and the T.C. Williams Law School at the University of Richmond. He practiced law in Portsmouth, Virginia beginning in 1926. He ...
Greenbrier, Virginia. / 36.78000°N 76.22778°W / 36.78000; -76.22778. Greenbrier is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. It is made up of two sections, Greenbrier East and Greenbrier West. Greenbrier Parkway, a major road in Greenbrier, is the commercial hub of Chesapeake.
Chesapeake. –. Leopard. affair. The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew of Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. [1]
UTC−4 (EDT) Great Bridge is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake in the U.S. state of Virginia. Its name is derived from the American Revolutionary War Battle of Great Bridge, which took place on December 9, 1775, and resulted in the final removal of British government from the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. [1]
A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Chesapeake branch of the Briggs Lawrence County Public Library, located at 11054 County Road 1, Chesapeake.
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. 36°43′26″N 76°11′11″W. / 36.723889°N 76.186389°W / 36.723889; -76.186389 ( Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District) 2. Centreville-Fentress Historic District. Centreville-Fentress Historic District. June 23, 2003.
The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world.