Mill Creek

Mill Creek is a stream in James City, Virginia. Mill Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gate House Farms, as well as near Powhatan Shores.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Jamestown Settlement.

Historic Jamestown

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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. Historic Jamestown is situated 2 miles west of Mill Creek.

Jamestown Settlement

Museum

Photo: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 west of Mill Creek.

Pitch and Tar Swamp

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.

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, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 2 miles west of Mill Creek.

Scotland

Village

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotland had a population of 153. Scotland is situated 3 miles southwest of Mill Creek.

Williamsburg

Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.

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.

Mill Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.21404° or 37° 12′ 51″ north

Longitude

-76.74412° or 76° 44′ 39″ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

87956774+J9

GeoNames ID

4773103

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