Charles City in Charles City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

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New Hope & Court House

Charles City County, Virginia

Photographed by Kathy Walker, August 3, 2007

1. New Hope & Court House Marker

Inscription. Since the establishment of the Court House during the mid-eighteenth century, this area has served as a community center for the entire county. During the Revolution and Civil War the area was the site of military encampments. A tavern built in the colonial era was destroyed by fire and replaced by a house and store, first owned by Nances and later the Majors. Landmarks in the Court House area have included a blacksmith shop, county jail, post office (est. 1803), Hubbard's Store, Greenway School, Charles City Charity School (est. 1810) and Charles City High School (est. 1924). Prominent are homes include Greenway, Mons Sacre, Wood Park and the Brown-Jones House. The area east of the Glebe Creek was known as New Hope. Area landmarks have included the store of Fielding Lewis, the Glebe Lane School, Waddill's Mill and Haupt's Store, earlier known as Major's Store. Prominent area homes include Belle Air, "The Glebe" of Westover Parish, Little Glebe, Bush Hill, the home of several doctors and Millford, the home of Edmund Waddill, a longtime Clerk of the Court.

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Colonial Era • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 37° 20.489′ N, 77° 3.734′ W. Marker was in Charles City, Virginia, in Charles City County. It was on John Tyler Memorial Highway (State Highway 5) 2.8 miles east of Wilcox Wharf Road (County Route 618), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Charles City VA 23030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Coastal Virginia.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Charles City Court House (approx.

John Tyler Memorial Hwy (facing east). image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 28, 2009

2. John Tyler Memorial Hwy (facing east).

half a mile away); Black Political Activism in Charles City (approx. half a mile away); Isaac Brandon Lynched, 6 April 1892 (approx. half a mile away); America’s 3rd Oldest Courthouse (approx. 0.6 miles away); Three Courthouse Essentials (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Tyler (approx. 0.6 miles away); Confederate Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Shifting Ground (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charles City.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Charles City C. H. (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Charles City County Courthouse & Clerk's Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 28, 2009

3. Charles City County Courthouse & Clerk's Office

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,742 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 22, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. 2. submitted on April 7, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on June 2, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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