VA-Z235 Norfolk County

Marker text: NORFOLK COUNTY

Area 415 Square Miles

Formed in 1637, when New Norfolk County was divided into Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk. The name is that of an English County. The Battle of Great Bridge, 1775, took place in this county, and in the waters near its shores the warship Merrimac performed her exploits, 1862.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1931.

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Location: US 13/US 460 (westbound) at the Norfolk and Suffolk (once Nansemond County) line., Norfolk County, Virginia

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