Charleston Heights
Charleston Heights is a neighborhood in York County, Virginia. Charleston Heights is situated nearby to the neighborhood Queenswood, as well as near Nelson Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colonial Williamsburg and Capitol.
Colonial Williamsburg
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Colonial Williamsburg is a "living-history museum" located in a historic district in Williamsburg, Virginia. Encompassing 301 acres, Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area re-creates 18th-century Williamsburg as it appeared preceding and during the American Revolution.
Capitol
Historic building
The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, housed both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Governor's Council and the House of Burgesses of the colony of Virginia from 1705, six years after the colonial capital was relocated there from nearby Jamestown, until 1780, when the capital was relocated to Richmond.
Governor’s Palace
Historic building
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The Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, was the official residence of the royal governors of the Colony of Virginia. It was also a home for two of Virginia's post-colonial governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, until the capital was moved to Richmond in 1780, and with it the governor's residence. Governor’s Palace is situated 1½ miles west of Charleston Heights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Williamsburg and Grove.
Williamsburg
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Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
Grove
Hamlet
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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 3½ miles southeast of Charleston Heights.
Ewell
Hamlet
Ewell was an unincorporated town in James City County of the U.S. state of Virginia, west of Williamsburg. Ewell was named for Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who was a U.S. and Confederate army officer, and civil engineer. Ewell is situated 6 miles northwest of Charleston Heights.
Charleston Heights
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: York County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.27126° or 37° 16′ 17″ northLongitude
-76.67079° or 76° 40′ 15″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
879578CH+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158564837OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4752019
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