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Nansemond County, Virginia (extinct)

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Established in 1637 as Upper Norfolk County and the name Nansemond was adopted in 1646. It became the independent city of Nansemond in 1972 and merged with the independent city of Suffolk in 1974. The entire area is now known as Suffolk. However, historically references to Nansemond do come up and this project is to document those instances.

This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county.

1903 Map depicting Nansemond County (1646–1972) and other "lost counties" of Virginia.

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References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansemond_County,_Virginia
https://genealogytrails.com/vir/nansemond/
Bottoms, Emmett E.. "Seventeenth Century Settlement of the Nansemond River in Virginia" (1983). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/9ppr-2744 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/24
The history of Nansemond County, Virginia < link >; < PDF >
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Nansemond_County,_Virginia_Gen...