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2. Chesapeake, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Chesapeake, Virginia. /  36.71417°N 76.23833°W  / 36.71417; -76.23833. Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States. [4]

3. Government of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Government of Virginia. The government of Virginia combines the executive, legislative and judicial branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785.

4. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The Colony of Virginia was an English, later British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.

5. List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Virginia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 340 law enforcement agencies employing 22,848 sworn police officers, about 293 for each 100,000 residents.

6. Colonial South and the Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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   The Chesapeake region had multiple sects of Christianity prevalent during its colonial formation. Maryland provided a strong draw for Roman Catholics who were looking for greater freedom than in England. Virginia had close ties with the established Anglican Church, and there were other smaller Protestant sects that lived throughout the region.

7. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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   Chesapeake: 1,002 James River Correctional Center: Goochland County: Closed April 1, 2011 Keen Mountain Correctional Center: Oakwood: 879 Lawrenceville Correctional Center: Lawrenceville: 1,555 Operated by GEO Group as Virginia's only private state prison, until Aug. 1, 2024. When the State takes it over.