Powhatan Shores

Powhatan Shores is a neighborhood in , . Powhatan Shores is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestown.

Museum
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is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration.

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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.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.

Locality
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The 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 , about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day .

Village
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also known as Wharf is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 153. is situated 3 miles south of Powhatan Shores.

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is a city in southeast . 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 back to its former colonial glory.

Powhatan Shores

Latitude
37.22528° or 37° 13′ 31″ north
Longitude
-76.76472° or 76° 45′ 53″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
879566GP+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158513965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6332225
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