The Capitol

The Capitol is a bus stop in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Capitol is situated nearby to the historic building Governor’s Palace.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colonial Williamsburg and Capitol.

Colonial Williamsburg

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Colonial Williamsburg is a "living-history museum" located in a historic district in Williamsburg, Virginia. Encompassing 301 acres, Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area re-creates 18th-century Williamsburg as it appeared preceding and during the American Revolution.

Capitol

Historic building

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The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, housed both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Governor's Council and the House of Burgesses of the colony of Virginia from 1705, six years after the colonial capital was relocated there from nearby Jamestown, until 1780, when the capital was relocated to Richmond. Capitol is situated 440 feet west of The Capitol.

Governor’s Palace

Historic building

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The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg was the official residence of the British governors of Virginia. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the original building also served as the official residence of two U.S. state governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. Governor’s Palace is situated 3,200 feet west of The Capitol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grove and Ewell.

Grove

Locality

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Grove is an unincorporated community in the southeastern portion of James City County in the Virginia Peninsula subregion of Virginia, United States. It is located in the center of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, communities linked by the Colonial Parkway. Grove is situated 4½ miles southeast of The Capitol.

Ewell

Hamlet

Ewell was an unincorporated town in James City County west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ewell was named for Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who was a U.S. and Confederate army officer, and civil engineer. Ewell is situated 5 miles northwest of The Capitol.

Lightfoot

Village

Lightfoot is an unincorporated community which straddles the James City–York county border, west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Lightfoot is situated 6 miles northwest of The Capitol.

The Capitol

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.27155° or 37° 16′ 18″ north

Longitude

-76.69176° or 76° 41′ 30″ west

Elevation

82 feet (25 metres)

Open location code

879578C5+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10023264961

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

GeoNames ID

4789119

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