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Henrico County, Virginia

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About Henrico County

Henrico County, officially the County of Henrico, is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 334,000 making it the fifth-most-populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. There is no incorporated community within Henrico County; thus, it has no incorporated county seat. Laurel, an unincorporated census designated place, serves this function.

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Facts

Henrico County at a glance

Population
334,389 (2020)
Land area
245 sq mi
Founded
1634

Communities

Largest communities in Henrico County

  1. Tuckahoepopulation 48,051
  2. Short Pumppopulation 30,626
  3. Laurelpopulation 17,769
  4. Highland Springspopulation 16,604
  5. Glen Allenpopulation 16,187

History

History of Henrico County

In 1611, Thomas Dale founded the Citie of Henricus on a peninsula in the James River that is now called Farrar's Island. Henricus was named for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, but it was destroyed during the Indian massacre of 1622, during which local Native American warriors of the Powhatan confederacy attacked the English settlers to drive them from the area.In 1634, Henrico Shire was one of the eight original Shires of Virginia established in the Virginia Colony. Since then, 10 counties and three independent cities have been formed from the original territory of Henrico Shire. In 1776, Richard Adams and Nathaniel Wilkenson participated in the Fifth Virginia Convention, which voted to send delegates to the Continental Congress to propose separation from the British. That proposal led to the Declaration of Independence.

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