Beyond museum restorations at Jamestown and neighboring
Williamsburg, the history of Americaas first county is largely
unknown to many who visit or live nearby. However, they see and
read a multitude of street, neighborhood, and business names that
bear silent witness to the countyas history. Founded in 1634 atop
ancient Algonquin Indian territory, the locality was first made up
of plantations and small farms occupied by Europeans and Africans.
As they spread out from aJames Citie,a immigrants sited themselves
near rivers and creeks. Waterways provided the earliest
transportation network, but interior road maintenance was key to
further development of commerce and community. After the Civil War,
James City Countyas population was concentrated along the
Toano-Norge-Lightfoot corridor. Communities blossomed along an
ancient footpath that followed the Virginia Peninsulaas spine. In
the 1880s, the railroad paralleled a portion of it, and motorcars
followed, making Richmond Road the countyas primary thoroughfare.
Other community centers included Diascund, Croaker, Chickahominy,
Centerville, and Grove.
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