Grays Creek
Grays Creek is an 6.02-mile-long stream in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a tributary of the James River, rising south of State Route 626 and flowing east to reach the James River southwest of Historic Jamestowne, across the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Smiths Fort Creek”, “Stark’s Creek”, and “Wolfes Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Pleasant Point.
Historic Jamestown
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Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia and the U.S. National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park. Historic Jamestown is situated 2 miles northeast of Grays Creek.
Pleasant Point
Historic house
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Pleasant Point, also known as Crouches Creek Plantation, is a historic home located near Scotland, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1724, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, double pile frame dwelling with brick ends. Pleasant Point is situated 2 miles southeast of Grays Creek.
Jamestown Settlement
Museum
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Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration. Jamestown Settlement is situated 2½ miles north of Grays Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scotland and Jamestown.
Scotland
Village
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Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 203.
Jamestown
Locality
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 1½ miles northeast of Grays Creek.
Surry
Village
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Surry is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 244 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Surry County. Its name is derived from the county of Surrey in England. Surry is situated 4 miles southwest of Grays Creek.
Grays Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Surry, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Grays Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Grays Creek”
- Cebuano: “Grays Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Grays Creek”
- Venetian: “Grays”
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