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Warrosquoake Shire (with
numerous variant spellings,
including Warrascoyack, Warras****e and "Warwick Squeak") was
officially formed in 1634 in the Virginia...
- Virginia,
United States. Originally, Isle of
Wight County was
named Warrosquyoake Shire. This was
changed to the
current name of Isle of
Wight in 1637...
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Southampton County was
originally part of
Warrosquyoake Shire. The
shires were soon to be
called counties. In 1637
Warrosquyoake Shire was
renamed Isle of Wight...
- later.
There were also
several early individual name changes,
notably Warrosquyoake, a
Native American name with
varied spellings that
became Isle of Wight...
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Shire (became
consolidated with the City of
Newport News, Virginia)
Warrosquyoake Shire (became Isle of
Wight County, Virginia) Today, the
concept of...
- the
point was
granted to
Captain John Day, and the area was
known as
Warrosquyoake Shire before it was
renamed Isle of
Wight County. In 1621 Nathaniel...
- Warrosquoyacke,
meaning "point of land." The
Virginia colony officially formed Warrosquyoake Shire (with
numerous variant spellings,
including Warrascoyack, Warras****e...
- counties) in 1634:
James City, Henrico,
Charles City,
Charles River,
Warrosquyoake, Accomac,
Elizabeth City, and
Warwick River. America's
oldest intact...
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shires or
counties with a
total po****tion of
about 5,000 inhabitants.
Warrosquyoake Shire was
renamed in 1637 as Isle of
Wight County,
after the island...
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Wight 1634
Original county of the
Colony under England,
initially named Warrosquyoake Shire Isle of Wight,
England 40,942 316 sq mi (818 km2)
James City County...
