Hanover County, Virginia
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About Hanover County
Hanover County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 109,979 with recent estimates indicating continued growth to around 116,000 amid suburban expansion in the Richmond metropolitan area. Its county seat is Hanover.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Facts
Hanover County at a glance
- County seat
- Hanover Courthouse
- Population
- 109,979 (2020)
- Land area
- 474 sq mi
- Founded
- 1720
Communities
Largest communities in Hanover County
- Mechanicsvillepopulation 39,482
- Ashlandpopulation 7,565
- Hanover Courthouse County seatpopulation 235
History
History of Hanover County
Located in the western Tidewater region of Virginia, Hanover County was created on November 26, 1719, from the area of New Kent County called St. Peter's Parish. It was named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time. The county was developed by planters moving west from the Virginia tidewater, where soils had been exhausted by tobacco monoculture. Hanover County was the birthplace and home of noted American statesman Patrick Henry. He reportedly married Sarah Shelton in the parlor of her family's house, Rural Plains, also known as Shelton House. At the Hanover Courthouse, Henry argued the case of the Parson's Cause in 1763, attacking the British Crown's attempt to set the salaries of clergy in the colony regardless of conditions in the local economy. The historic Hanover Courthouse is pictured in the county seal.
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