King George

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[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”21″][text_type_vc align=”center” size=”30″ loop=”false”] WELCOME TO KING GEORGE COUNTY[/text_type_vc][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1703643648737{margin-left: 300px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;}”]King George County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 26,723. Its county seat is the town of King George.

The county’s largest employer is the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. It is adjacent to the two-lane, 2-mile-long (3.2 km) Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge carrying U.S. Highway 301 over the Potomac River. It contains the ZIP codes 22448 (Dahlgren) and 22485 (all other areas within King George). It is within the area code 540 and contains the exchanges: 775, 644, 663, and 653.[/vc_column_text][mkdf_button size=”large” text=”Sites” target=”_self” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa fa-sitemap” enable_svg_icon=”no” font_weight=”” text_transform=”” margin=”33px” link=”King George Rail Trail, King George, VA 22485″][mkdf_button size=”large” text=”Sites” target=”_self” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa fa-sitemap” enable_svg_icon=”no” font_weight=”” text_transform=””][mkdf_button size=”large” text=”Sites” target=”_self” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa fa-sitemap” enable_svg_icon=”no” font_weight=”” text_transform=”” margin=”33px”][mkdf_button size=”large” text=”Sites” target=”_self” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa fa-sitemap” enable_svg_icon=”no” font_weight=”” text_transform=””][vc_media_grid element_width=”12″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1703643619784-ffda2bd2-6a80-0″ include=”4975″ css=”.vc_custom_1698345167354{padding-right: 24px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1698437502086{margin-right: -30px !important;}”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”4983,5014,4979″ img_size=”300×340″ css=”.vc_custom_1699125994357{margin-right: -190px !important;margin-left: -30px !important;}”][ultimate_spacer height=”75″][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” element_width=”12″ gap=”0″ paging_design=”none” item=”masonryMedia_SlideTop” grid_id=”vc_gid:1703643619787-62ea26b2-546f-6″ include=”4967″ css=”.vc_custom_1698444374353{margin-top: -80px !important;margin-right: -50px !important;margin-left: -30px !important;}”][ultimate_spacer height=”21″][text_type_vc size=”30″ loop=”false”]Indigenous People[/text_type_vc][vc_column_text]Indigenous peoples of varying cultures lived along the waterways for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Among the historic Native American tribes who came into conflict with the English were the Algonquian-speaking Nanzatico. In 1704 colonists retaliated for the tribe’s attacking the farm of John Rowley, “known for his disputes” with them. The colonists captured and shipped 40 Nanzatico to Antigua in the Caribbean, where they were sold into slavery; this number included children older than 12.

King George County was established in 1720 when land was split from Richmond County, Virginia. The county is named for King George I of Great Britain.^[4] It was substantially reorganized in 1776 and 1777, with land swapped with both Stafford and Westmoreland counties to form the modern boundaries.

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