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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,599. Its county seat is Tappahannock.
History
Essex County and Richmond County were formed in 1692 from land in Old Rappahannock County which became extinct. The main reason for the division was the physical separation of the two jurisdictions by the Rappahannock River.
An anomaly of this division was that the parent county, and its court, were abolished entirely and substituted by two new counties. The Rappahannock County records were retained by Essex County.
At the same time, Farnham Parish (Old Rappahannock County) was divided into North Farnham Parish (Richmond County) and South Farnham Parish (Essex County.)
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1692 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1692 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1692 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1692 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1790 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1804 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | 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
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1790 | 9,122
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1800 | 9,508
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1810 | 9,376
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1820 | 9,909
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1830 | 10,521
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1840 | 11,309
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1850 | 10,206
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1860 | 10,469
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1870 | 9,927
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1880 | 11,032
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1890 | 10,047
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1900 | 9,701
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1910 | 9,105
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1920 | 8,542
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1930 | 6,976
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1940 | 7,006
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1950 | 6,530
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1960 | 6,690
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1970 | 7,099
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1980 | 8,864
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1990 | 8,689
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