VA-Z165 Essex County

Marker text: ESSEX COUNTY

Area 258 Square Miles

Formed in 1691 from Old Rappahannock County, and named for Essex County, England. R.M.T. Hunter, United States Senator and Confederate Secretary of State, lived in this county.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1929.

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Location: US 17 (southbound) at the Middlesex and Essex county line., Essex County, Virginia

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