Place:Mathews, Virginia, United States

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Place Information
Name
Mathews
Alternate names
Mathews     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
37.433°N 76.367°W
Located in
Virginia, United States     (1791 - )
See also
Gloucester, Virginia, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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Blackwater
Blakes
Bohannon
Cardinal
Cobbs Creek
Cricket Hill
Diggs
Dixie
Fitchetts
Fort Nonsense
Foster
Grimstead
Gwynn
Hallieford
Haven Beach
Hudgins
Laban
Mathews
Mobjack
Moon
Motorun
New Point
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Onemo
Peary
Port Haywood
Pribble
Redart
Retz
Sarah
Shadow
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Susan
Tabernacle
Williams
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source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Mathews County is a county located on the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 9,207. Its county seat is Mathews6.

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History

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Mathews County was established in 1791 from Gloucester County. The county is named for Brigadier General Thomas Mathews, then speaker of the House of Delegates of the General Assembly of Virginia. In 1776, Virginia' last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, left Virginia after being driven to Gwynn's Island by General Andrew Lewis and the Continental Army.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1791 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1795 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1795 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1817 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1827 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1865 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1800 5,806
1810 4,227
1820 6,920
1830 7,664
1840 7,442
1850 6,714
1860 7,091
1870 6,200
1880 7,501
1890 7,584
1900 8,239
1910 8,922
1920 8,447
1930 7,884
1940 7,149
1950 7,148
1960 7,121
1970 7,168
1980 7,995
1990 8,348
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