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Updated view of the Surry County Courthouse, sans Confederate statue — CC BY-SA 4.0, Ser Amantio di Nicolao · source

Surry County, Virginia

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About Surry County

Surry County is a county in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,561.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Facts

Surry County at a glance

County seat
Surry
Population
6,561 (2020)
Land area
310 sq mi
Founded
1652

Communities

Largest communities in Surry County

  1. Claremontpopulation 305
  2. Dendronpopulation 251
  3. Surry County seatpopulation 208
  4. Scotlandpopulation 153

History

History of Surry County

During the times of the Virginia Colony, Surry County was formed in 1652 from a portion of James City County (one of the original 8 counties formed in 1634) south of the James River. It was named for the English county of Surrey. Surry County initially consisted of two parishes of the Church of England: Lawne's Creek and Southwark. Nearby, in 1665, Arthur Allen built a Jacobean brick house. A decade later it became known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion against the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley. (Nathaniel Bacon never lived at Bacon's Castle, but rather at Curles Neck Plantation in Henrico County, about 30 miles upriver on the James River's northern bank). The first town, Cobham, was established in 1691 at the mouth of Gray's Creek, where it flows into the James River.

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