Essex County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Seat
- Tappahannock
- Largest town
- Tappahannock
- Total
- 286 sq mi (740 km )
- Land
- 257 sq mi (670 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 10.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,654
- Density
- 41.2/sq mi (15.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .essexva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Essex
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Tappahannock
- Population
- 10599
- Area
- 740
- Shares border with
- King and Queen County
- Official website
- www.essex-virginia.org
- Image
- Essex County VA courthouse2.JPG
- Households
- 4551
Show 9 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Essex County, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 10.1
- native label
- Essex County
- different from
- Essex County
- Commons category
- Essex County, Virginia
- inception
- 1692-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Essex County, Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Essex County, Virginia
- per capita income
- 26114
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Essex County is a United States county located in the Middle Peninsula of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,599. The county seat is the historic town of Tappahannock.
The county was created in 1692, when the old Rappahannock County was dissolved to form the new Essex and Richmond counties, and was named to honor Essex in England. Due to the region's location on the Rappahannock River, it was one of the early areas visited by English explorer John Smith. Smith's three trips led to him being captured, attacked and finally making peace with the resident indigenous Powhatan people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Essex County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.