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NANSEMOND COUNTY
Area 423 Square Miles
Formed in 1637 from New Norfolk County. It was first called Upper Norfolk County; but in 1642 it was named Nansemond for an Indian tribe. Dismal Swamp is partly in this county.
Conservation & Development Commission, 1932. |