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<a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond,_Virginia&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Nansemond, Virginia">Nansemond, Virginia</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former county in Virginia, United States (1646–1974)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg/220px-Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg/330px-Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg/440px-Lost_Counties_of_Virginia_on_the_mouth_of_the_James_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1906" data-file-height="1730" /></a><figcaption>1903 Map depicting Nansemond County (1646–1972) and other "lost counties" of Virginia.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Colony">Virginia Colony</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a> (after statehood) in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, from 1646 until 1974. It was known as <b>Nansemond County</b> until 1972. From 1972 to 1974, a period of eighteen months, it was the <a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">independent city</a> of <b>Nansemond</b>. It is now part of the independent city of <a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk</a>. </p><p>English colonists named it for the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond" title="Nansemond">Nansemond</a>, a tribe of <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Americans of the United States">Native Americans</a> who had long been living along the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond_River" title="Nansemond River">Nansemond River</a>, a tributary of what the English later named as the <a href="/wiki/James_River" title="James River">James River</a>. They encountered the English colonists after they began arriving in 1607 at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a>. Although disrupted by being forced off their land and through armed confrontation with colonists, the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond" title="Nansemond">Nansemond Indian Nation</a> continues to be based in Virginia and was granted state (1985) and federal recognition (2018). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Suffolk,_Virginia" title="History of Suffolk, Virginia">History of Suffolk, Virginia</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="17th_century">17th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 17th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Company_of_London" title="Virginia Company of London">Virginia Company of London</a>, in 1619, the area which became Nansemond County was included in <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City_(Virginia_Company)" title="Elizabeth City (Virginia Company)">Elizabeth Cittie</a>  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>], one of four large "boroughs", or "incorporations". In 1624, the Virginia Company lost its proprietary charter, and Virginia became a royal colony. </p><p>In 1634, the King of England directed the formation of eight <a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">shires</a> (or <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">counties</a>) in the colony. One of these was <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_River_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth River Shire">Elizabeth River Shire</a>, which included land area on both sides of <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, as had the earlier Elizabeth Cittie. Two years later, <a href="/wiki/New_Norfolk_County" class="mw-redirect" title="New Norfolk County">New Norfolk County</a> was formed in 1636 from <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_River_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth River Shire">Elizabeth River Shire</a>. It included all the area in <a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a> that is now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times. The following year, in 1637, New Norfolk County was divided into <a href="/wiki/Upper_Norfolk_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Norfolk County">Upper Norfolk County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_Norfolk_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Norfolk County">Lower Norfolk County</a>. </p><p>Upper Norfolk County was officially redesignated the <b>County of Nansimum</b> by the House of Burgesses in March 1646; by the October session, this was also being spelled as <b>Nansimund</b>. The English named it for the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Nansemond" title="Nansemond">Nansemond</a> people whom they encountered in the area along the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond_River" title="Nansemond River">Nansemond River</a>. Among the several <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_languages" title="Algonquian languages">Algonquian-speaking</a> coastal peoples in the Tidewater, the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond" title="Nansemond">Nansemond</a> continue in the 21st century as a federally recognized tribe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_century">18th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 18th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1720s, John Constant settled along the <a href="/wiki/Nansemond_River" title="Nansemond River">Nansemond River</a> (in what is now Suffolk) and built a home, wharf, and warehouse. This site became known as "Constant's Warehouse."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">Tobacco</a> was the commodity crop in the Virginia colony and there was strong demand for it in England and Europe. Under the <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_Inspection_Act_of_1730" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730">Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730</a>, three of the 40 tobacco inspection warehouses were chartered in Nansemond County, under two inspectors, as follows: </p> <blockquote> <p> <b>At Waynwright's Landing</b>, Isle of Wight; and <b>Laurence's</b>, in Nansemond County, under one inspection. </p> <p><b>At the widow Constance's</b> [sic], at Sleepy-Hole Point, in Nansemond County, under one inspection.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 1742, the Virginia House of Burgesses chartered a new town at Constant's Wharf and renamed it as <i>Suffolk</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1750, the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of Nansemond County was moved from Jarnigan's or Cohoon's Bridge to <a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk</a>. This new town was founded in 1742 at Constance's Warehouse at Sleepy Hole Point on the Nansemond River. It was named for the English hometown of Royal Governor <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">William Gooch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suffolk became an <a href="/wiki/Incorporated_town" title="Incorporated town">incorporated town</a> in 1808 and an independent city in 1910. Even after Suffolk became politically independent of Nansemond County, it remained the seat of Nansemond County. Suffolk and Nansemond County also shared a court system and several other constitutional officers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nansemond_County,_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Nansemond County, Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in Virginia">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,767 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,929 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.42% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">270 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in Virginia">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,101 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,174 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>41.60%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,758 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">37.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in Virginia">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,590 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,804 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.79%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1960 United States presidential election in Virginia">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,346 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,944 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">33 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1956 United States presidential election in Virginia">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,753 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,492 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">115 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1952 United States presidential election in Virginia">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,168 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,360 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.42%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1948 United States presidential election in Virginia">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">413 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.89% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,115 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>76.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">245 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1944 United States presidential election in Virginia">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">351 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.07% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,398 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.93%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1940 United States presidential election in Virginia">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">129 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,408 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>91.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1936 United States presidential election in Virginia">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">175 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10.58% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,478 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>89.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1932 United States presidential election in Virginia">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">196 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,264 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>86.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1928 United States presidential election in Virginia">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">649 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">737 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1924 United States presidential election in Virginia">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">99 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">539 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.67%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1920 United States presidential election in Virginia">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">243 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">690 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>73.95%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1916 United States presidential election in Virginia">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">70 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.55% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">663 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>90.45%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1912 United States presidential election in Virginia">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">53 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7.95% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">544 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1908 United States presidential election in Virginia">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">272 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">857 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.04%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1904 United States presidential election in Virginia">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">186 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">678 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>78.11%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1900 United States presidential election in Virginia">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">992 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,481 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.60%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1896 United States presidential election in Virginia">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,060 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.52% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,300 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.60%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1892 United States presidential election in Virginia">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,477 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,763 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">221 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1888 United States presidential election in Virginia">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,087 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,382 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1884 United States presidential election in Virginia">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,020 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,353 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1880 United States presidential election in Virginia">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">958 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,080 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As part of a wave of political consolidations in southeastern Virginia between 1952 and 1976, the unincorporated areas of Nansemond County merged with the outlying incorporated towns of <a href="/wiki/Holland,_Virginia" title="Holland, Virginia">Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whaleyville,_Virginia" title="Whaleyville, Virginia">Whaleyville</a> to form the independent city of Nansemond. Two years later Nansemond merged with Suffolk to form the present-day independent city of Suffolk.<sup id="cite_ref-newberry_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newberry-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new municipality encompassed a total of 430 square miles (1,100 km<sup>2</sup>), making it the largest city in <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> and in all of Virginia in land area and the 11th largest in land area in the United States. 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