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Mathews County, Virginia

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About Mathews County

Mathews County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,533. Its county seat is Mathews.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Facts

Mathews County at a glance

County seat
Mathews
Population
8,533 (2020)
Land area
252 sq mi
Founded
1791

Communities

Largest communities in Mathews County

  1. Gwynnpopulation 578
  2. Mathews County seatpopulation 525

History

History of Mathews County

During Virginia's colonial era, the area that later became Mathews County was part of Gloucester County. In 1691, the Virginia General Assembly had directed that each county designate an official port-of-entry. Established around 1700, the community of Westville was located along Put-in Creek(sometimes misspelled as Pudding Creek), a tidal tributary of Virginia's East River feeding into Mobjack Bay, which was a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, left Virginia after being pushed to the southeast to Gwynn's Island by General Andrew Lewis and the Continental Army. On July 8-10, 1776, in the Battle of Gwynn's Island General Lewis' forces bombarded Gwynn's Island from Fort Cricket Hill, and Dunmore's forces evacuated.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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