Near New Kent in New Kent County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Cumberland Town
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 20, 2017
1. Cumberland Town Marker
Inscription.
Cumberland Town. . Richard Littlepage III established Cumberland Town on the south side of the Pamunkey River in 1748. A busy shipping center, the town offered a tobacco inspection station, warehouses, wharves, and a ferry. The Virginia House of Burgesses briefly considered Cumberland Town a candidate to replace Williamsburg as the colonial capital in 1748. During the Revolutionary War, a public supply depot and a military hospital were established here. During the Peninsula Campaign of the Civil War, Cumberland was the headquarters of Union Major General George B. McClellan from 13 to 16 May 1862. Nearly 110,000 troops camped here before moving toward White House.
Richard Littlepage III established Cumberland
Town on the south side of the Pamunkey River
in 1748. A busy shipping center, the town offered
a tobacco inspection station, warehouses, wharves,
and a ferry. The Virginia House of Burgesses
briefly considered Cumberland Town a candidate
to replace Williamsburg as the colonial capital in
1748. During the Revolutionary War, a public supply depot and a military hospital were established
here. During the Peninsula Campaign of the Civil
War, Cumberland was the headquarters of Union
Major General George B. McClellan from 13 to 16 May
1862. Nearly 110,000 troops camped here before
moving toward White House.
Erected 2016 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number WO-21.)
Location. 37° 32.176′ N, 76° 58.775′ W. Marker is near New Kent, Virginia, in
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New Kent County. It is on Cumberland Road (County Route 637) 1½ miles north of New Kent Highway (Virginia Route 249), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Kent VA 23124, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginias Peninsula and in Coastal Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,064 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
