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The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk and was formally incorporated in 1736. The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it was soon rebuilt.
Norfolk's lands were some of the first to draw settlers from the Virginia Colony, although Norfolk would not be incorporated as a town until the 1700s. When the establishment of the House of Burgesses introduced representative government to the colony in 1619, governor Sir George Yeardley divided the developed portion the colony into four ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Prior to 19th century. History of Virginia. By year. Colony of Virginia. American Revolution. U.S. Civil War. Post–Civil War. Topics: African-Americans • Cities • Politics • Slavery. Virginia portal. v. t. e. 1682 - Norfolk Town founded. [1]
The town was incorporated in 1705 and rechartered as a borough in 1736. For several decades the building of homes, farms, and businesses continued throughout the area, and Norfolk developed into a center for West Indies trade and the shipping of export products from the plantations of Virginia and the Carolinas.
1845 -- Norfolk incorporated as a City. 1847 -- Cornerstone of City Hall (now MacArthur Memorial) laid. 1850 - the Princess Anne and Kempsville Turnpike Company was established to construct a road between Norfolk
The City of Norfolk was established as a town in 1682, as a borough in 1736 and incorporated as a City in 1845. The City lies at the mouth of the James and Elizabeth Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay, and is adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and the cities of Virginia Beach, Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
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History of incorporation. Established in 1682, stated in preamble to Chapter 70, 1882. Incorporated as a borough in 1736, c. XXIV (Hening's Statutes at Large). City incorporation and charter, 1845, c. 138. Charter, 1871, c. 139; repealed 1882, c. 70. Charter, 1882, c. 70; repealed 1884, c. 33.
