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Gloucester County, Virginia

Gloucester County, Virginia
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Gloucester County Courthouse Square, historic district
Seal of Gloucester County, Virginia
Seal
Map of Virginia highlighting Gloucester County
Location in the U.S. state of Virginia
Map of the United States highlighting Virginia
Virginia's location in the U.S.
Founded 1651
Named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
Seat Gloucester Courthouse
Largest community Gloucester Point
Area
 • Total 288 sq mi (746 km2)
 • Land 218 sq mi (565 km2)
 • Water 70 sq mi (181 km2), 24.4%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 37,143
 • Density 129/sq mi (50/km²)
Congressional district 1st
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website gloucesterva.info

Gloucester County (/ˈɡlɒstər/) is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,858. Its county seat is Gloucester Courthouse. The county was founded in 1651 in the Virginia Colony and is named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King Charles I of England).

Gloucester County is included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located at the east end of the lower part of the Middle Peninsula, it is bordered on the south by the York River and the lower Chesapeake Bay on the east. The waterways shaped its development. Gloucester County is about 75 miles (121 km) east of Virginia's capital, Richmond.

Werowocomoco, capital of the large and powerful Powhatan Confederacy (a union of 30 Indian tribes under a paramount chief), was located on this part of the peninsula. In 2003 archeologists established that dense village had been located at this site from AD 1200 to the early 17th century.


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