Shockoe Creek
Shockoe Creek is a stream in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Shockoe Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District, as well as near Chestnut Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground and Fifth Street Viaduct.
Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground
Historic site
Photo: 2nd ABG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground was established by the city of Richmond, Virginia, for the interment of free people of color, and the enslaved.
Fifth Street Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fifth Street Viaduct or the Fifth Street Bridge, officially the Curtis Holt Sr. Bridge, is a bridge crossing Bacon's Quarter Branch in the Shockoe Valley of Richmond, Virginia in the United States.
The Almshouse
Heritage site
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
The Almshouse, also known as the City Home is a historic almshouse and hospital complex located in Richmond, Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District and Chestnut Hill.
Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: 2nd ABG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, and is a significant example of a municipal almshouse–public hospital–cemetery complex of the sort that arose in the period of the New Republic, following disestablishment of the Anglican Church.
Chestnut Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Parismina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community in the City of Richmond, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Barton Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Barton Heights is a streetcar suburb neighborhood and former town in the Northside area of Richmond, Virginia. The area was primarily developed between 1890 and the 1920s.
Shockoe Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Chyinek Creek”, “Shacco’s Creek”, and “Shoccoe’s Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.55376° or 37° 33′ 14″ northLongitude
-77.42443° or 77° 25′ 28″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
8794HH3G+G6GeoNames ID
4785516
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