Lower Norfolk County, Virginia
Lower Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was organized in colonial Virginia, operating from 1637 until 1691.
The following year, in 1637, it was divided into
In 1963, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of South Norfolk and of the rest of Norfolk County, and the Virginia General Assembly, these areas were combined and reorganized as a new independent city, ending the threat of additional annexations by the City of Norfolk. The new name selected by the voters was Chesapeake, and so, the new city of Chesapeake, Virginia was organized.
Also in 1963, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of Virginia Beach and the rest of Princess Anne County, and the Virginia General Assembly, those two areas were consolidated as an independent city, taking the better-known name of Virginia Beach.
References
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- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–125.
- Bruce, Philip Alexander (1896). Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century.