Brunswick County - Greensville County
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showbizkid
N 36° 45.440 W 077° 39.368
18S E 262894 N 4071243
This is a two-sided county line marker on U.S. Hwy 58 West. This marker is one of the original Virginia Highway Markers placed in 1928 when the marker program began.
Waymark Code: WMJYM
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2006
Views: 17
The Brunswick County side reads:
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
AREA 557 SQUARE MILES
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FORMED IN 1720 FROM PRINCE GEORGE,
SURRY AND ISLE OF WIGHT. NAMED
FOR THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK,
WHICH CAME TO THE THRONE OF
ENGLAND IN 1714, WHEN GEORGE I
WAS CROWNED KING. COLONIAL FORT
CHRISTANNA WAS IN THIS COUNTY.
The Greensville County side reads:
GREENSVILLE COUNTY
AREA 307 SQUARE MILES
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FORMED IN 1780 FROM BRUNSWICK,
AND PROBABLY NAMED FOR SIR
RICHARD GRENVILLE, LEADER OF THE
SETTLEMENT ON ROANOKE ISLAND,
1585. CORNWALLIS PASSED THROUGH
THIS COUNTY IN 1781.The marker is not quite on the county line. It is about 30 feet into Greensville County. County lines shift as surveying technologies improve. It's curious that there's no certainty that Greensville County is named for Richard Grenville. Why wasn't it named Grenville County?