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Norfolk es una ciudad independiente situada en la Mancomunidad de Virginia, Estados Unidos. Con una población de 238.005 habitantes, cifras del censo de 2020, Norfolk es una de las ciudades más grandes de Virginia. Norfolk está localizada en el Hampton Roads, un gran puerto natural localizado en la boca de la bahía de Chesapeake.
Website. www .norfolk .gov. Norfolk ( / ˈnɔːrfʊk / ⓘ NOR-fuuk, locally / ˈnɔːfɪk / NAW-fik) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 95th-most populous city ...
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The first evidence of humans inhabiting Virginia is from 9,500 BC.[citation needed] In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh led an expedition in search of a suitable place to establish a permanent English settlement in North America. By mid-July of that year, two of his ships had landed on Roanoke Island (now a part of Dare County). Arthur Barlowe, one of Rale...
In 1607, the Governor for the Virginia Colony, Sir George Yeardley established four incorporations, termed "citties" [sic] for the developed portion of the colony. These citties were to form the basis for the government of the colony in the newly created House of Burgesses, with the southeastern portion of the Hampton Roads region falling under the...
Norfolk had been a strong base of Loyalist support throughout the start of the American Revolution. In the early summer of 1775, Lord Dunmore, the last Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, tried to reestablish control of the colony from Norfolk. In November, a battle took place at Kemp's Landing which provided Dunmore and the loyalists a clear...
Four years after the Revolutionary War, a fire along the city's waterfront destroyed some 300 buildings and the city experienced a serious economic setback as a result. At the turn of the 19th century, Fort Norfolkwas constructed by the Federal government to guard the harbor. During the 1820s the agricultural communities of South Hampton Roads expe...
In early 1861, Norfolk voters instructed their delegate to vote for ratification of the ordinance of secession. Soon thereafter, Virginia voted to secede from the Union. Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy, and the American Civil War began. When Virginia joined the Confederate States of America they demanded the surrender of all Federal ...
By 1870, the end of Reconstruction was at hand in Norfolk. Union occupation troops withdrew and Virginia was readmitted to the Union. During this time, African-Americans throughout Hampton Roads were elected to state and local offices. Gradually they were restricted from office and voting by the whites' paramilitary violence and intimidation, and i...
Expansion through annexation
Norfolk continued to grow in the first half of the 20th century as it expanded its borders through annexation. In 1906, the incorporated town of Berkley was annexed, stretching the city limits across the Elizabeth River. The town became a borough along with the neighborhoods of Beacon Light and Hardy Field.Lambert's Point, home of a railroad pier, and Huntersville were annexed into Norfolk five years later in 1911. In 1923, the city limits were expanded to include Sewell's Point, Willoughby S...
Highway developments
With the dawn of the Interstate Highway System, new highways opened and a series of bridges and tunnels opening over fifteen years would link Norfolk with the Peninsula, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach. On November 1, 1957, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel opened to traffic, connecting the Virginia Peninsula with the city, signed as State Route 168. The new two-lane toll bridge-tunnel connection became a portion of Interstate 64 by the end of 1957, connecting Norfolk westward with a limited acc...
Racial segregation in schools
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision determined that racial segregation in public schools (and public accommodations) was unconstitutional. However, Virginia pursued a policy to avoid desegregation that came to be called Massive Resistance. Among the actions were new state laws, called the Stanley Plan, that prohibited state funding for integrated public schools, even as some school districts began to contemplate them. It was a few years after Brownuntil the policy...
Norfolk es una ciudad independiente situada en la Mancomunidad de Virginia, Estados Unidos. Con una población de 238.005 habitantes, cifras del censo de 2020, Norfolk es una de las ciudades más grandes de Virginia.
Hace 6 días · Norfolk, independent city and port, southeastern Virginia, U.S. It lies on the Elizabeth River in the Tidewater region, at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Norfolk is part of an urban complex that includes the cities of Portsmouth (west), Chesapeake (south), Virginia Beach (east), and, northward across.
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Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is a large city in Virginia, United States. It is the 95th largest city in the United States. As of the census of 2020, there were 238,005 people, 93,447 households, and 51,978 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,724.9/km² (4,467.5/mi²).
Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 95th-most populous city in the nation.
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