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- Its name is derived from Thomas Lord Fairfax who owned all the land lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers.
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Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north. Virginia is located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
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- New Hampshire
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And so our region got its name. Today we take for granted our New England state names. Around 400 years ago, however, colonists, would-be colonists, kings and queens scratched their heads trying to figure out what to call these lands they intended to settle. The name had to be appropriate, as this responsibility was taken seriously. Then the name h...
New Hampshire has one of the most straight-ahead names among the New England state names. The English explorer/colonizer John Masonsought and received a grant of land, roughly half the area between the Merrimack and Kennebec River. And the grant called the property New Hampshire, after the county of Hampshire in old England. Though he may have name...
The naming of Maine is less straightforward and its origins less certain than the other New England state names. While Mason received the southern part of the land area between the Kennebec and Merrimack Rivers, the northern portion was granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, another early colonizer. But how did Gorges settle on Maine? It’s not completel...
When the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts, they found the Algonquins already had a name for the place. They called it Massachusêuck, which meant “about the great hill.” It was a reference to Blue Hill and the native American tribe that populated that area. William Bradfordand company kept right on using it. Now why did Bradford not assign Massachu...
Connecticut is another of the New England state names derived from a Native American word, Quinnehtukqut (roughly translated ‘the long tidal river’). This was the name the Mohegans gave to the Connecticut River, as early trader and Dutch explorer Adriaen Blocklearned. Block did name Block Island for himself. Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazza...
Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations (its official name) got its name from two incidents. We’ve already mentioned Verrazano was a great one for naming things, just not making them stick. Likewise, when he first found Rhode Island, he noted that Block Island(which he called Claudia) had a striking relation to the Isle of Rhodes. While not nec...
Finally we come to Vermont, perhaps the most obviously named of the New England state names. While all the New England colonies debated their destiny as the push for independence took hold, Vermont had a free-for-all argument. Should the state join up with France and become a part of New France? Or should it remain English? Should it join with the ...
3 days ago · Virginia, constituent state of the U.S., one of the original 13 colonies. It is bordered by Maryland to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, Kentucky to the west, and West Virginia to the northwest. The state capital is Richmond.
- Traffic. Many NOVA residents drive into D.C. for work, which means rush hour traffic can be brutal. It's not just the number of vehicles on the highways that make driving challenging but the number of aggressive drivers you're likely to come across.
- It's Crowded. Did I mention that there's a high volume of people in NOVA? According to the 2022 Census, NOVA is the most populous region of Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.
- Politically Charged Area. In NOVA, residents have strong opinions about just about everything. Some of the local school districts are known to draw national attention on a regular basis for their strong political views, which often conflict with those of parents.
- Rude People. To be fair, the traffic, high population and rapid pace of life in Northern Virginia brings out the worst in all of us. That said, you'll be hard-pressed to find more abrasive people anywhere in the U.S. than those living in this area.
Virginia’s Valley and Ridge region is part of a gigantic trough that runs from Quebec to Alabama and is called “the Great Valley.” Virginia’s portion is distinctive for its size (greater than that of any other state); its narrow and elongated parallel ridges (3,000–4,000 feet high); flat, lush valleys with gentle topography; and caves ...
The Blue Ridge Mountains are covered with thick forests and rise to elevations more than 4,000 feet in the central and northern part of the state. Virginia’s southern Blue Ridge is a broad, relatively flat region, but the tallest peak in Virginia, Mount Rogers, is there (5,729 feet high).
