South Norfolk Historic District

South Norfolk Historic District is a quarter in Chesapeake, Virginia. South Norfolk Historic District is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cloverdale, as well as near the locality Carolina Junction.

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Wisconsin and Drydock Number One.

USS Wisconsin

Museum

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USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. USS Wisconsin is situated 2½ miles northwest of South Norfolk Historic District.

Drydock Number One

Dock

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Drydock Number One is the oldest operational drydock facility in the United States. Located in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, it was put into service in 1834, and has been in service since then.

Norfolk station

Railway station

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Norfolk station is a train station in Norfolk, Virginia. It sits along the Elizabeth River on the eastern edge of Downtown Norfolk, next to the Harbor Park baseball stadium and near the Harbor Park station of the Tide Light Rail system. Norfolk station is situated 1½ miles north of South Norfolk Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avalon and Berkley.

Avalon

Neighborhood

Avalon is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Berkley

Suburb

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Berkley was an incorporated town in Norfolk County, Virginia. Chartered by an Act of Assembly in 1890, the Town of Berkley was located directly across the Eastern Branch Elizabeth River from the City of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads area.

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. It lies across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915.

South Norfolk Historic District

Type: Quarter
Categories: historic site and locality
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.81871° or 36° 49′ 7″ north

Longitude

-76.27275° or 76° 16′ 22″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

8785RP9G+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356601884

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

4786659

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