Wood Creek

Wood Creek is a stream in James City, Virginia. Wood Creek is situated nearby to the locality Edgemoor, as well as near Bradmere.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matthew Jones House and U.S. Army Transportation Museum.

Matthew Jones House

Historic house

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The Matthew Jones House is a historic plantation house located on Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia. The house sits on a hill toward the northern end of Mulberry Island, overlooking the James River.

U.S. Army Transportation Museum

Museum

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The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is a United States Army museum of vehicles and other transportation-related equipment and memorabilia. It is located on the grounds of Fort Eustis, Virginia, in Newport News, on the Virginia Peninsula. U.S. Army Transportation Museum is situated 2 miles southeast of Wood Creek.

Lee Hall station

Museum

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Lee Hall Depot is a historic train station and museum located in the Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in about 1881, with a one-story cargo bay, and the two-story main section was added in 1893. Lee Hall station is situated 2 miles northeast of Wood Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lee Hall and Grove.

Lee Hall

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Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.

Lee Hall is a community located in the extreme northern portion of the independent city of Newport News in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Lee Hall is situated 2 miles northeast of Wood Creek.

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 4 miles north of Wood Creek.

Lackey

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Lackey was a small unincorporated community near Yorktown in York County, Virginia, United States, established primarily after the Civil War. Lackey is now extinct as the properties were bought by the federal government in 1918 for use as a naval military installation. Lackey is situated 4½ miles northeast of Wood Creek.

Wood Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Woods Creek”
Category: body of water
Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.17765° or 37° 10′ 40″ north

Longitude

-76.60329° or 76° 36′ 12″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

879559HW+3M

GeoNames ID

4794413

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