Place:Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

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NameWindsor
TypeTown
Coordinates36.811°N 76.744°W
Located inIsle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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Windsor is an incorporated town in Isle of Wight County in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. It is located near the crossroads of U.S. Route 460 and U.S. Route 258. The population was 2,626 at the 2010 census, up from 916 at the 2000 census.

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Windsor was established next to the Norfolk Southern Corporation's railroad.[1] The town of Windsor was chartered on March 15, 1902. Windsor established a volunteer fire department in 1947 and its police department in 1990. In 2001, the town annexed of Isle of Wight County, which nearly tripled its population.

The Henry Saunders House and William Scott Farmstead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2021, it was reported that Windsor had developed a reputation for ticketing and fining passing motorists. Nearly 10 percent of the town's local revenue comes from traffic fines. The town obtained national media coverage when Windsor police stopped and pepper-sprayed Lt. Caron Nazario, a black man driving through Windsor.[2] As a result of the Nazario incident, the Attorney General of Virginia filed suit against Windsor for its "pattern of unconstitutional and discriminatory policing" in December, 2021.

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