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Caroline County
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county in Virginia, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Caroline County is referenced by 749 other articles, and connects out to Virginia, African Americans and Wayback Machine.
The entry is geolocated on the map in VA.
It is catalogued under topics including 1728 establishments in the Colony of Virginia, Caroline County, Virginia and Northern Virginia counties.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Caroline of Ansbach
- Seat
- Bowling Green
- Largest town
- Bowling Green
- Total
- 537 sq mi (1,390 km )
- Land
- 528 sq mi (1,370 km )
- Water
- 9 sq mi (23 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,413
- Density
- 58.5/sq mi (22.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .co .caroline .va .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 30887
- Area
- 1379
- Official website
- www.co.caroline.va.us
- Image
- Caroline County Courthouse (Built 1803-1809), Bowling Green (Caroline County, Virginia).jpg
- Households
- 10978
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- Commons category
- Caroline County, Virginia
- inception
- 1727-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Caroline County
- per capita income
- 35588
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Encyclopedic overview
Caroline County is a United States county located in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern boundary of the county borders on the Rappahannock River, notably at the historic town of Port Royal. The Caroline county seat is Bowling Green.
Caroline County was established in 1728 and was named in honor of the British queen Caroline of Ansbach. Developed in the colonial and antebellum years for tobacco and later mixed crops, worked by generations of enslaved African Americans, such agriculture gradually became less important. In the 20th century it was known for thoroughbred horse farms. It is the birthplace of the renowned racehorse Secretariat, winner of the 1973 Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
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