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Suffolk city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
29historic places
—earliest paper
1910formed
94,324pop. 2020
24cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Suffolk (Independent City), Suffolk, Chuckatuck (Independent City).

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Suffolk city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bay Point FarmSUffolkBuilding2003
Building at 216 Bank StreetSuffolk (Independent City)Building1985
Cedar Hill CemeterySuffolk (Independent City)District2006
Chuckatuck Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District1995
Driver Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District1995
Dumpling Island Archeological SiteSuffolk (Independent City)Site1998
East Suffolk ComplexSuffolk (Independent City)Building2003
Glebe ChurchDriver (Independent City)Building1973
Godwin-Knight HouseChuckatuck (Independent City)Building1992
Harrell, Joel E., SonSuffolk (Independent City)Building2006
Holland Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District1995
Knotts Creek-Belleville Archeological SiteSuffolk (Independent City)Site2008
Mount Sinai Baptist ChurchSuffolk (Independent City)Building2007
Nansemond County Training SchoolSuffolk (Independent City)Building2004
Phillips FarmSuffolk (Independent City)Building1998
Phoenix Bank of NansemondSuffolk (Independent City)Building1991
Professional BuildingSuffolk (Independent City)Building1999
Riddick HouseSuffolk (Independent City)Building1974
Samuel Eley HouseSuffolkBuilding2019
Somerton Historic DistrictSuffolkDistrict2008
St. John's ChurchChuckatuck (Independent City)Building1973
Suffolk Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District1987
Suffolk Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Suffolk (Independent City)District2002
Suffolk Historic District (Boundary Increase III)Suffolk (Independent City)District2004
Suffolk Historic District (Boundary Increase)Suffolk (Independent City)District1999
Suffolk Peanut Company, TheSuffolkDistrict2016
West End Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District2004
West End Historic District (Boundary Increase)SuffolkDistrict2004
Whaleyville Historic DistrictSuffolk (Independent City)District1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Suffolk (Ic) was formed in 1910 (1910-10-01) from unknown / original county.

Suffolk made an independent city from NANSEMOND (extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Suffolk city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

94k49k3,82719001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
3,8279,12311,34312,33912,60947,62163,67794,324

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Albert G Horton Junior Memorial Veterans Cemetery36.82465-76.64035
Ames Cemetery36.88128-76.46736
Badger Cemetery36.66224-76.5584
Barrett Cemetery36.65172-76.63843
Brinkley Cemetery36.56431-76.55967
Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery36.7694-76.52856
Cedar Hill Cemetery36.73591-76.57941
Duke Cemetery36.68047-76.58455
Holly Lawn Cemetery36.75159-76.58648
Little Mount Zion Cemetery36.77946-76.62607
Little Zion Cemetery36.83292-76.51634
Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens36.82959-76.46606
Oak Lawn Cemetery36.73296-76.5884
Oliver Cemetery36.76484-76.62582
Pleasant Hill Cemetery36.70792-76.58451
Rabey Cemetery36.65667-76.64254
Rawles Cemetery36.69014-76.66384
Riddick Cemetery36.55899-76.6193
Riddick Cemetery36.68152-76.55785
Rosemont Cemetery36.72681-76.56217
Skeeter Cemetery36.65659-76.59293
Triangle Cemetery36.8657-76.43522
Whitehead Cemetery36.67016-76.55704
Wright Cemetery36.8857-76.44411
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Constances Warehouse36.83987-76.53162

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Suffolk /Norfleet House4039.3 kmVA030
Suffolk / Hill'S Point62511.4 kmVA031

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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