Isle of Wight County is a county located in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was named after the Isle of Wight, England, south...
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Isle of Wight is an unincorporated community in and the county seat of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. Originally, Isle of Wight County...
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Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, in the South Hampton Roads subregion of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the United States. The population...
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Isle of Wight Academy (IWA) is a private non-profit day school located in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was founded in 1967 as a segregation academy...
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two terms as a burgess in the Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1640s and 1650s representing Isle of Wight County, Virginia. John George gave his age as...
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The Isle of Wight County Museum is located in Smithfield, Virginia. The Isle of Wight County Museum was founded in 1976. Nearly two years before the 1976...
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York Isle of Wight County, Virginia Isle of Wight, Virginia, an unincorporated community Isle of Wight (album), a 1971 Jimi Hendrix album Isle of Wight Festival...
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(/ˈzuːnaɪ/) is an unincorporated community in Isle of Wight County in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. Zuni is home to...
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town in Isle of Wight County in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. It is located near the crossroads of U.S. Route...
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in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,018 at the 2010 census. Rushmere is located in the northern corner of Isle of Wight...
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Samuel Hardy (category People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
the Virginia House of Delegates representing Isle of Wight County, as well as briefly on Virginia's Executive Council and as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...
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The Old Isle of Wight Courthouse was built in 1750-51 and was used as the main courthouse for Isle of Wight County, Virginia until a new courthouse was...
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angler (Thaumatichthyidae), a family of anglerfish Wolftrap Farm, a former historic home in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, U.S. Wolftrap Mountain, a mountain...
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Arthur Smith (captain) (category People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
Smithfield, Virginia, served as one of the town's founding trustees, and briefly represented Isle of Wight County in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Arthur...
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James River Bridge (redirect from Virginia State Route 32 (James River Bridge))
Hampton Roads. The bridge connects Newport News on the Virginia Peninsula with Isle of Wight County in the South Hampton Roads region, and is the easternmost...
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Thomas Washer (category People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
Thos (Thomas) Washer was an early Virginia colonist who settled in the area that became Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Washer and Christopher Lawne represented...
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Josiah Parker (category People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
as well as represented Isle of Wight County in three of the five Virginia revolutionary convention and in the Virginia House of Delegates for several terms...
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George Fawdon (category People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
two terms as a burgess in the Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1640s and 1650s representing Isle of Wight County, Virginia. George Fawdon was probably...
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in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 7,498. Carrollton is located near the southern end of the...
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Warrosquyoake Shire (redirect from Warrosquyoacke, Virginia)
Confederacy. The county was renamed Isle of Wight County in 1637, after an island in the English Channel. Shortly after the establishment of Jamestown in...
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Smithfield High School (redirect from Smithfield High School (Virginia))
located in Smithfield, Virginia in Isle of Wight County, south of Newport News and the James River. It is part of the Isle of Wight County Public Schools and...
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Boykin's Tavern (category National Register of Historic Places in Isle of Wight County, Virginia)
Boykin's Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located at Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The original structure was built about 1790, and expanded...
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The Isle of Wight Training School was a public secondary school in Isle of Wight, Virginia from 1928 until 1968. It served as the high school for black...
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census-designated place in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States, lying just east of Franklin. The population as of the 2010 census was 766. The...
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census-designated place (CDP) in Isle of Wight County in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was...
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Warrascoyack County, Virginia, later named Isle of Wight County. Eleven years old when he arrived in Jamestowne, he was an indentured servant of Edward Bennett's...
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Prince George, Surry, and Isle of Wight counties, following the route of an old stagecoach road through an area that features many of the preserved James River...
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Joseph Bridger (category Colonial governors of Virginia)
served in the House of Burgesses representing Isle of Wight County. Bridger also served in the legislature's upper house, the Virginia Governor's Council...
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County, Virginia on the approach to the Shenandoah Valley. Place names deriving from the Tidewater aristocrats include Burwell's Bay in Isle of Wight...
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Smithfield Packing Company (redirect from Gwaltney of Smithfield)
Virginia was known for its pork products as early as the 18th Century. Isle of Wight bacon and Smithfield ham were its most famous products. In 1926, a law...
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