History of king george county virginia

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King George County, as we know it, is the product of geography, climate, and hundreds of years of evolution, revolution, invention, and man’s desire for convenience and self-betterment.

King George is part of the northernmost of Virginia’s three large peninsulas (The Northern Neck). Originally populated by American Indian tribes, the Northern Neck was claimed by the King of England and awarded by a grant to the Virginia company. After his explorations in 1608, Captain John Smith wrote of the Northern Neck, “Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation; were it fully matured and inhabited by industrious people. Here are mountains, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, and brooks, all running most pleasantly into a fair Baye, compassed but fort he mouth, fruitful and delightsome land.”

Over the years, the land known as the Northern Neck was subdivided into several counties. King George was split off from Richmond County and established as a self-governing entity in 1720 when it became apparent to the Virginia House of Burgesses that it was inconvenient for the residents of the upper reaches of Richmond county to travel sometimes more than 60 miles on foot, horseback and/or by boat to the Richmond County Court House on court days and for other