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Typical waterside scene in Mathews County. Mathews County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,533. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Mathews. [ 2 ] Located on the Middle Peninsula, Mathews County is included in the Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA- NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Location of Mathews County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mathews County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mathews County, Virginia, United States.
Poplar Grove Mill and House is a historic tide mill and home located near Williams, Mathews County, Virginia. The tide mill is a two-story frame structure built after the American Civil War with a gable roof built on a narrow mole which separates a small lagoon or mill pond from the bay. It replaced an earlier mill destroyed during the war at ...
Mathews is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mathews County, Virginia, United States. [2] Established around 1700, the small town of Westville was designated as the county seat in 1791. Today, it is variously known as Mathews Court House, as well as simply "Mathews," its official postal name.
Fort Nonsense is an historical park in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. Fort Nonsense is located at the junction of Virginia Route 3 and Virginia Route 14, around 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Gloucester. Historical markers on site say it was built using slave labor by Confederate forces during the Civil War to help protect Richmond ...
Mathews Downtown Historic District. / 37.43333°N 76.32250°W / 37.43333; -76.32250. Mathews County Courthouse Square is a national historic district located at Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It encompasses most of the town center of Mathews, which was originally named Westview before the county was created in 1791.
New Point Comfort Light was an early beneficiary of conservation efforts, being transferred to Mathews County in 1975, three years after being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse was renovated in 1989 and reactivated in 1999. In 2001 a task force was formed by the county to oversee the preservation of the lighthouse.
Added to NRHP. February 12, 1974. Designated VLR. November 20, 1973 [2] Hesse is a historic plantation house located near Blakes, Mathews County, Virginia. It was built about 1725, and is a five-bay, two-story Georgian style brick dwelling. It has a single-pile plan and is topped by a gable roof. A modern five-bay flanking south wing was built ...