Blows Creek
Blows Creek is a stream in Newport News, Virginia. Blows Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hoopes Landing, as well as near the locality Bradmere.Places of Interest
Highlights include Matthew Jones House and Mulberry Island.
Matthew Jones House
Historic house
Photo: Oudemia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Matthew Jones House is a historic plantation house located on Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia. The house sits on a hill toward the northern end of Mulberry Island, overlooking the James River.
Mulberry Island
Island
Mulberry Island a roughly geographic area located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, in southeastern Virginia. While referred to as an island, it is actually a peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River, Warwick River, and Skiffe's Creek, and connected with the rest of the Virginia Peninsula by an approximately 1.5 mile wide strip of land. Mulberry Island is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blows Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lee Hall and Denbigh.
Lee Hall
Quarter
Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.
Lee Hall is a community located in the extreme northern portion of the independent city of Newport News in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Lee Hall is situated 4 miles northeast of Blows Creek.
Denbigh
Suburb
Denbigh is a community in Newport News, Virginia. It was previously the County Seat of Warwick County, Virginia until the county became the independent city of Warwick, Virginia in 1952. Denbigh is situated 4½ miles east of Blows Creek.
Grove
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grove is an unincorporated community in the southeastern portion of James City County in the Virginia Peninsula subregion of Virginia, United States. It is located in the center of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, communities linked by the Colonial Parkway. Grove is situated 6 miles north of Blows Creek.
Blows Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Chisholm Creek”, “Chisholms Creek”, “Chrisholm Creek”, “Christholm Creek”, “Christholms Creek”, and “Cristholms Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Newport News, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.14376° or 37° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
-76.61634° or 76° 36′ 59″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
879549VM+GFGeoNames ID
4748020
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