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Many county seats are politically not a part of the counties they serve; under Virginia law, all municipalities incorporated as cities are independent citiesand are not part of any county. Some of the cities in the Hampton Roadsarea, including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Newport News, Hampton, and Suffolkwere formed from an entire county.
Newport News has a long history dating back to the days of Jamestown, Virginia. The area which is now the city of Newport News has existed under different names and forms including Elizabeth Cittie, Warwick River Shire, Warwick County, Virginia, Warwick City, and the current independent city of Newport News .
Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States. The city is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the northern shore of the ...
Massachusetts. Nantucket takes its name from a word in an Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England, originally spelled variously as natocke, nantaticut, nantican, and nautican. The meaning of the term is uncertain, although it may have meant "in the midst of waters," or "far away island." [2] Napa County.
State names State name Date first attested in original language Language of origin Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes Alabama April 19, 1692 Choctaw Albaamaha 'Thicket-clearers' or 'plant-cutters', from alba, '(medicinal) plants', and amo, 'to clear'. The modern Choctaw name for the tribe is Albaamu. Alaska December 2, 1666 Aleut via Russian alaxsxaq via Аляска (Alyaska ...
Comprising the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC, metropolitan area and an extended combined statistical area that includes the Elizabeth City, North Carolina, micropolitan statistical area and Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, micropolitan statistical area, Hampton Roads is known for its large military presence, ice-free harbor, shipyards, coal piers, and miles of waterfront ...
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies. Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area ( Washoe County, Nevada ), cities located within the county, and land or water features ( Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newport News, Virginia, United States.