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Elizabeth City County, one of the
eight original shires, was created in 1634. It was originally known by
the name
of Kecoughton. The name was later changed to
Elizabeth City (Virginia Company)
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Elizabeth
City
(or citiie
as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in
the Virginia
Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia
Company. The plantations and developments were divided into four
"incorporations" or "cities", as they were called. These
were Charles City, Elizabeth
City, Henrico City, and James City. The latter
included the
seat of government for the colony at Jamestown. Each of the four "citiies"
(sic) extended across the James River, the main conduit of
transportation of the era. In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion
became Elizabeth City Shire, later Elizabeth City County.
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Elizabeth City County, Virginia
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free encyclopedia
Elizabeth City
County (shaded in green) was located at the eastern tip of the Virginia Peninsula on this 1895 map.
Originally
created as Elizabeth River Shire in 1634, it is
now part of
the independent city of Hampton,
Virginia.
Elizabeth City County was a county in eastern Virginia which is
now extinct. Originally created in 1634 as
Elizabeth River Shire, it was one of eight shires
created in
colonial Virginia by order of the King of England. In 1636, it was
subdivided,
and the portion north of the harbor of Hampton Roads became known as
Elizabeth
City Shire. It was renamed Elizabeth City County a short time later.
Elizabeth City was originally
named Kikotan (also spelled Kecoughtan and Kikowtan), presumably
a word
for the Native Americans
living there
when the English arrived in 1607. They were friendly to the English, but Sir Thomas
Gates either worried about safety (including potential attack by
the
Spaniards and the Dutch) or coveted their corn fields after the
"starving
time" of the 1609-10 winter. The English seized their land while the
men
were out hunting, and for some reason, the natives never attacked the
settlement in response.
The shire and county were named
for Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of
King James I.
The town of Hampton, established
in 1680,
became the
largest town in Elizabeth City County, and was county seat. In 1908,
Hampton was incorporated
as an independent city. The county and the former town of Phoebus
in the county were merged into the independent
city of Hampton in 1952.
The original boundaries of
Elizabeth City County in the mid 17th century essentially form those of
current
city of Hampton today. Since the English settlers occupied Kecoughtan
in 1610,
and Jamestown was
eventually abandoned, the city of Hampton now claims to be the oldest
continuously-settled English city in North
America.
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Britannica Eleventh
Edition, a publication now in the public
domain
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