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The Northern Neck of Virginia is a fabulous place for your waterfront property. The counties of Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster, Essex, Middlesex, King and Queen, and Gloucester county make up the area. The waterfront is provided by the Rappahannock River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
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The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This peninsula is bounded by the Potomac River on the north and the Rappahannock River on the south. It encompasses the following Virginia counties: King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland.[1]
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The fame of the Northern Neck's own Sea Chantey Singers has spread to the Windy City. The group got a write up in the Chicago Tribune in advance of last weekend's concert there. The group is shown here performing at the 2006 Blessing of the Fleet.
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The lower Northern Neck covers 325 square miles, and it lies between the Middle Peninsula and Maryland’s western shore. Elevations in the region range from sea level at the shoreline to 200 feet above sea level at the upper reach of the lower Northern Neck. The region is defined by water, most notably, the Rappahannock River, the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. Smith Point, near Reedville, is where the Potomac and the Little Wicomico Rivers meet, and it is halfway between Annapolis and Norfolk. Reedville, a Victorian village founded in 1867, by Elijah Reed, a New England sea captain, is located on Cockrell Creek. This part of the lower Northern Neck includes the Wicomico area, Dividing Creek, and the Fleets Bay Tributaries.
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The Northern Neck of Virginia comprises all of the territory between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. The "headright" system, widely used for acquiring land in Virginia was never recognized in the Northern Neck. People wanting to acquire land there had to purchase a warrant and obtain a survey before they were issued a grant. The original Grant Books, now on microfilm, were used in making this collection of abstracts, and they generally provide the following information: the name of the grantee, dates of warrant and survey, date and location of grant, amount of acreage, names of former owners/occupiers, names of adjacent property owners, and often the names of heirs and other family members. Altogether, in more than 2,000 abstracts, over 5,000 early Virginia residents are cited, all of them easily located in the index.
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Identified as the pathway of patriots, the Northern Neck is home to three of America's presidents - George Washington, James Madison, and James Monroe. See colonial American farm life at the George Washington National Monument Birthplace. The Northern Neck is ... home to Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, and Menokin, home of Francis Lightfoot Lee (signer of the Declaration of Independence).
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