Cherry Acres

Cherry Acres is a residential area in Hampton, Virginia. Cherry Acres is situated nearby to the historic building Hampton National Guard Armory, as well as near the neighborhood Kecoughtan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton National Guard Armory and Hampton Roads Transit.

Hampton National Guard Armory

Historic building

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hampton National Guard Armory is a history military facility at 504 North King Street in Hampton, Virginia. A large brick building with Moderne styling, it was built in 1936 with funding support from the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration, and is one of the few surviving armories built in the inter-war period in coastal Virginia. Hampton National Guard Armory is situated 3,100 feet south of Cherry Acres.

Hampton Roads Transit

Bus station

Hampton Roads Transit is the regional public transit provider for Virginia's Hampton Roads metropolitan area, including the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, and the town of Smithfield. Hampton Roads Transit is situated 3,500 feet south of Cherry Acres.

Virginia Air and Space Science Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 1 mile south of Cherry Acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.

Kecoughtan

Neighborhood

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2 miles south of Cherry Acres.

Phoebus

Suburb

Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News. Phoebus is situated 2 miles southeast of Cherry Acres.

Buckroe Beach

Suburb

Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckroe Beach is a neighborhood in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. It lies just north of Fort Monroe on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the oldest recreational areas in the state, it was long located in the former Elizabeth City County near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus prior to their consolidation with Hampton in 1952. Buckroe Beach is situated 3 miles east of Cherry Acres.

Cherry Acres

Type: Residential area
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.03977° or 37° 2′ 23″ north

Longitude

-76.34396° or 76° 20′ 38″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87952MQ4+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 381413240

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

GeoNames ID

4752120

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