Kecoughtan

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as . 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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Kecoughtan, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herbert House and Victoria Boulevard Historic District.

Historic house
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic plantation home located at . It was built in 1753 on the point of land where the meets Sunset Creek near , and is a two-story, U-shaped, brick and frame Georgian style dwelling.

Park
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Historic Little England is a national historic district located at . The district encompasses 87 contributing buildings in a streetcar suburb originally laid out in 1888.

Museum
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The is a museum and educational facility in that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's and Langley Air Force Base.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoebus and Wythe.

Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of , on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison , who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Suburb
is a in , along the water's edge of , at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George . is situated 2 miles southwest of Kecoughtan.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former military installation in , at , the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the National Monument. is situated 2 miles east of Kecoughtan.

Kecoughtan

Latitude
37.01431° or 37° 0′ 52″ north
Longitude
-76.34633° or 76° 20′ 47″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87952M73+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157593836
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4767392
Wiki­data ID
Q6382489
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Irish—“Kecoughtan” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Kecoughtan”
  • Dutch: “Kecoughtan”
  • German: “Kecoughtan”
  • Irish: “Kecoughtan”

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