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51-609: Sandy Point may refer to: Locations in Africa [ edit ] Sandy Point, Tristan da Cunha , easternmost point of the island. Locations in Australia [ edit ] Sandy Point, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Sandy Point, Victoria Locations in Canada [ edit ] Sandy Point, Newfoundland and Labrador , now an island due to erosion Sandy Point, Nova Scotia ,

102-551: A species of tree native to coastal California which is known for its versatile, fast-growing, medium-density softwood . The indigenous Island Cape Myrtle is also present, along with pussy willow , grey poplar and various Eucalyptus species. The impact of invasive trees on Tristan's ecology is potentially large, with the Monterey pine being notably successful in extending its range . There have been efforts to eradicate invasive loganberry from Sandy Point, where it formed

153-536: A 99.9% reduction in sediment runoff compared to conventional tillage, and a 95% reduction of runoff of nitrogen and phosphorus. This new technology could become a primary strategy to achieve a healthy Chesapeake Bay . Charles City County is represented by Democrat Lashrecse Aird in the 13th district of the Senate of Virginia , and Democrat Delores McQuinn in the 81st district of the Virginia House of Delegates. On

204-581: A crossroads and one of the first free-black communities in present-day Charles City County and the state of Virginia. The unincorporated town of Ruthville was the center of the county's free black population for many years. Following emancipation , Ruthville became the site of the Mercantile Cooperative Company and the Ruthville Training School. The United Sorghum Growers Club also met here. Known previously by several other names,

255-583: A dense undergrowth in the plantation, making the area unsuitable for nesting albatrosses and Atlantic petrels . The islanders do not make extensive use of the plantation, preferring to import wood more cheaply from South Africa . However, in the 1980s the Sandy Point Hut was rebuilt by the Agriculture Department, allowing forestry workers to be based there. The Tristanians traditionally held an annual "Happling Day" outing to collect fruit from

306-420: A household in the county was $ 42,745, and the median income for a family was $ 49,361. Males had a median income of $ 32,402 versus $ 26,000 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,182. 10.60% of the population and 8.00% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.00% are under the age of 18 and 18.50% are 65 or older. Charles City County features some of

357-592: A landowner after gaining his freedom. They created the first African community in what became the United States. Weyanoke, Virginia continues as a small, unincorporated community. The Virginia Company lost its charter in 1624 under King James I, and Virginia became a royal colony . Charles City Shire was formed in 1634 in the Virginia Colony by order of the King. Its name was changed to Charles City County in 1643. It

408-543: A slave who purchased his freedom and that of his children. In the 19th century, he became a founding father of the new country of Liberia in Africa. Beginning as early as the 17th century, some planters freed individual slaves by manumission . Some free mixed-race families, established before the American Revolution , were formed by descendants of unions or marriages between white indentured or free women and African men, indentured, slave or free. Colonial law and

459-844: A small island in Little Narragansett Bay Texas [ edit ] Sandy Point, Texas , a town of that state Virginia [ edit ] Sandy Point, Virginia (disambiguation) , various locations Sandy Point, a location on the James River in Charles City County, Virginia Sandy Point State Forest , located in King William County, Virginia Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia , an unincorporated community of that county Sandy Point, Northumberland County, Virginia , an unincorporated community of that county [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

510-843: A town at the southern tip of the peninsula Sandy Point 221 , an Indian reservation in Alberta Locations in the Caribbean [ edit ] Sandy Point, Bahamas , a town on the island of Great Abaco Sandy Point Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint Kitts and Nevis Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge , Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Sandy Point, U.S. Virgin Islands , settlement on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Locations in Chile [ edit ] Sandy Point, Chile ,

561-568: A way to encourage settlement in the colony. During the 17th century, for economic times encouraged many to settle in the North American colonies. In the early years, the Chesapeake Bay Colony had many more men than women, but more women entered began emigrating and families were begun. As the indentured servants worked off their passage, they would be granted land of their own. By then the most successful planter families already controlled

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612-424: Is a colony of Northern rockhopper penguins (known on the island as pinnamins ) at the east end of Sandy Point. The penguins come onshore to breed between August and December, and again for moulting between January and March. Harvesting penguin eggs is a tradition on Tristan da Cunha, but the northern rockhopper is now listed as an endangered species and eggs are no longer collected on the main island. In 1882

663-439: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sandy Point, Tristan da Cunha A farm was established in the 1950s, and although attempts to grow vegetables were abandoned, the pine plantation and fruit trees of apple , pear , plum and peach make the area unique. The grassy slopes above the cliffs are grazed by sheep and a herd of about 15 beef cattle . There

714-585: Is one of the five original shires in Virginia that are extant in essentially the same political entity (county) as they were originally formed in 1634. Colonists developed the land as tobacco plantations and produced this commodity crop for export. Cultivation and processing of this crop required intensive labor. The wealthier planters recruited indentured servants from the British Isles and Africa, and later purchased numerous enslaved Africans . In Virginia and

765-634: The 9th and 10th presidents of the United States , William Henry Harrison and John Tyler . Various Indian tribes had used this area for thousands of years. When the region was explored by the English in the 17th century, the Algonquian -speaking Chickahominy tribe inhabited areas along the Chickahominy River that was later named for them by English colonists. The Paspahegh lived in Sandy Point, and

816-449: The American schooner Henry B. Paul was wrecked on the beach at Sandy Point, and black rats came ashore. Within three years they had spread to the entire island, devastating the native birdlife as well as islanders' crops. In 1956 a number of Gough moorhens were reportedly released at Sandy Point, and have subsequently colonised the island. These "island cocks" are closely related to

867-588: The Weanoc lived in the Weyanoke Neck area. The latter two tribes were part of the Powhatan Confederacy . At the time of the earliest English settlement, the independent Chickahominy people occupied territory surrounded by numerous tribes of the powerful Powhatan Confederacy , but they were not part of it. Chickahominy descendants still inhabit the region. These three tribes were all Algonquian-speaking tribes,

918-485: The census of 2000, there were 6,926 people, 2,670 households, and 1,975 families living in the county. The population density was 38 people per square mile (15 people/km ). There were 2,895 housing units at an average density of 16 units per square mile (6.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 54.85% Black or African American , 35.66% White , 7.84% Native American , 0.10% Asian , 0.17% from other races , and 1.37% from two or more races. 0.65% of

969-576: The orchard . A sour cider known as Old Tom was made from the apples grown at Sandy Point. In more recent years, the once-productive orchard had been in decline, being overrun by loganberry and with many ageing trees dead or dying. In 2007 the Tristan Conservation Department restocked the area with 52 new apple trees of the Royal Gala and Golden Delicious varieties. Pear and peach trees were also imported from Cape Town as part of

1020-793: The "no-till non-irrigated" category. Two Charles City farmers have won the National Wheat Growers First Place, producing 140+ bushels per acre (9.4 t/ha) of soft red winter wheat. Charles City County farmers have also helped develop the leading technology for controlling runoff from grain cultivation. Fully 90% of crop land in Charles City County is in a never-till cropping system. When Hurricane Floyd in 1999 dropped approximately 19 inches (480 mm) of rain in 24 hours on some long-term never-till fields, visual observation showed virtually no erosion. A scientific study conducted in 2000 on one long-term never-till field demonstrated

1071-493: The Democratic candidate in each of the last sixteen presidential elections, during which the Democratic candidate has always received over fifty-nine percent of the vote from the county. It was the only county or independent city in Virginia won by George McGovern during the 1972 election , when in fact, Charles City proved McGovern’s fourth strongest county nationwide. There are no incorporated towns in Charles City County, but

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1122-578: The Federal level, the County is represented by Democrat Jennifer McClellan in Virginia's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives , and by Democratic senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner in the U.S. Senate . The county has no "City", or any centralized city or town. Charles City Court House, which has a Charles City postal address, is the focal point of government. The building that served as

1173-688: The James River at Westover on the north side and at City Point on the south side. The latter's name was shortened from Charles City Point. In 1703, all of the original area of Charles City County south of the James River was severed to form Prince George County . This in turn was later divided, in a pattern typical of colonial development, into several other counties and independent cities. From Charles City County through Prince George County came Brunswick County in 1732; Amelia County in 1735; and Prince Edward County in 1754. The incorporated town of City Point , then in Prince George County,

1224-602: The James River plantations tended to remain Anglican; the United States Episcopal Church was founded after the American Revolution. With the growth of tobacco as a cash crop, demand for workers increased. Twenty-three African slaves were known to have been brought to Charles City County before 1660. During the late 1600s and early 1700s, African slave labor rapidly supplanted European indentured servants. By

1275-866: The NRHP in Maryland Sandy Point Shoal Light Station , Skidmore, Maryland, Listed on the NRHP in Maryland Sandy Point Site , Ocean City, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland Massachusetts [ edit ] Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island, Massachusetts North Carolina [ edit ] Sandy Point (Edenton, North Carolina) , listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Rhode Island [ edit ] Sandy Point Lighthouse on Prudence Island, Rhode Island Sandy Point Island ,

1326-511: The Prince of Wales and heir apparent after the death of his older brother Henry in 1612. After his father's death, he became King Charles I of England . 1619 marked the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the Tidewater area. They had been captured from a Spanish ship and were taken to Weyanoke Peninsula. They were treated as indentured servants in the colony, and at least one later became

1377-456: The Upper South, historians have classified persons holding 20 or more slaves as planters. The majority of the colonists were English people who arrived as indentured servants and who owed labor, often as much as seven years, to wealthy patrons who had paid for their passage to gain land and laborers. The English government offered land grants to these patrons under a headright system, which was

1428-535: The area under the auspices of the Virginia Company , a private company formed to support this effort and gain profits from expected development and trade. In 1619, the Virginia Company established Charles Cittie [ sic ] as one of the first four "boroughs" or "incorporations" in the region. West of James County, it was named for Prince Charles, second son of King James I of England , who became

1479-591: The courthouse was constructed in the 1730s. Used until 2007, it was one of only five courthouses in America that was in continuous use for judicial purposes since before the Revolutionary War. A new courthouse has since been built. Only Henrico County to the west is accessible without a river crossing. State Route 106 crosses the James River on the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge , providing

1530-415: The east by the Chickahominy River . The area that would become Charles City County was first established as "Charles Cittie" by the Virginia Company in 1619. It was one of the first four "boroughs" of Virginia, and was named in honor of Prince Charles, who would later become King Charles I of England . After Virginia became a royal colony, the borough was changed to "Charles City Shire" in 1634, as one of

1581-466: The eighteenth century, slaves had become the major source of agricultural labor in the Virginia Colony , then devoted primarily to the labor-intensive commodity crop of tobacco. The earliest record of a free black living in Charles City County is the September 16, 1677, petition for freedom by a woman named Susannah. The Lott Cary House in the county has long been honored as the birth site of Lott Cary ,

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1632-536: The extinct Tristan moorhen , and are believed by the Tristanians to eat the eggs of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross . In June 2006 islanders were fishing offshore at Sandy Point when they spotted an oil platform washed ashore on the coast. The 6000-tonne platform PXXI had been lost in bad weather en route from Brazil to Singapore . The Sandy Point plantation consists mainly of introduced Monterey pines ,

1683-499: The five original Shires of Virginia . It acquired the present name of Charles City County in 1643. In the 21st century, Charles City County is part of the Greater Richmond Region of the state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census , the county population was 6,773; it is still relatively rural and one of smaller counties in Virginia by population. Its county seat is the community of Charles City . Notable natives include

1734-663: The language family of the varied peoples who occupied the Tidewater and low country in Virginia and along the East Coast from Canada to south of the Carolinas. The English named the Weyanoke Peninsula after the Weyanoc tribe, whom they encountered in the area. The Weyanoc were gradually displaced by colonial encroachment. They merged with other, larger tribes about the time of Bacon's Rebellion (1676-1677). The English began to colonize

1785-617: The larger and older of the extant James River plantations along State Route 5 . All are privately owned. Many of the houses and/or grounds are open daily to visitors with various admission fees applicable, and more may be open during Garden Week, usually in late April. Some James River plantations open to the public, listed from west to east, include Shirley Plantation , Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill , Berkeley Plantation , Westover Plantation , Belle Air Plantation , Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation , North Bend Plantation , and Sherwood Forest Plantation . Plantations not open to

1836-563: The location of several historic plantations. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 204 square miles (530 km ), of which 183 square miles (470 km ) is land and 21 square miles (54 km ) (10.5%) is water. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 7,256 people living in the county. 48.4% were Black or African American , 40.9% White , 7.1% Native American , 0.3% Asian , Pacific Islander , 0.6% of some other race and 2.6% of two or more races . 1.2% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). As of

1887-686: The name "Ruthville" recalls local resident Ruth Brown. Her name was selected for the local Post Office established there in 1880. When the Union Army began recruiting black troops during the American Civil War , many black Americans from Charles City County enlisted. In 1864, United States Colored Troops stationed at Fort Pocahontas roundly repelled an attack by 2500 Confederate troops commanded by Major General Fitzhugh Lee , nephew of General Robert E. Lee. Virginia established statewide legal racial segregation when white Democrats regained control of

1938-581: The only direct access to areas south of the river and to Hopewell, the closest city. Three bridges across the Chickahominy River link the county with neighboring James City County and Providence Forge in New Kent County . Charles City County Public Schools employs a staff of approximately 100 persons to meet the needs of approximately 500 students in its two schools. All schools are technologically advanced with full wireless Internet access in both labs and classrooms. The school system strives to serve

1989-506: The original English name for Punta Arenas Locations in Singapore [ edit ] Sandy Point, the former name for Tanjong Rhu Locations in the United States [ edit ] Maine [ edit ] Sandy Point, Maine near Prospect, Maine Maryland [ edit ] Sandy Point, Maryland Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis, Maryland, United States Sandy Point Farmhouse , Sandy Point, Maryland, listed on

2040-525: The original territory of Charles City Shire. As in other parts of the Tidewater, common planters and merchants of Charles City County were attracted by the appeal of Methodist and Baptist preachers in the Great Awakening in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Several Methodist and Baptist churches were established in the early 19th century, mostly in the upland areas of the county. The county also had numerous Quaker settlers. The elite planters of

2091-714: The plantations to serve the religious, educational and mercantile needs of the citizenry of rural Charles City County. Crossroad communities, such as Adkins Store, Cedar Grove, Binns Hall, Parrish Hill, Ruthville and Wayside, typically included a store, church and school. (Public schools were not established until after the Civil War, when the Reconstruction legislature founded the system.) All told, five counties: Prince George County , Brunswick , Dinwiddie , Amelia , and Prince Edward ; and three independent cities: Hopewell , Petersburg and Colonial Heights have been formed from

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2142-439: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,670 households, out of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.60% were married couples living together, 15.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.00% were non-families. 22.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2193-536: The principle of partus sequitur ventrem , provided that children were born into the status of their mother. Thus, the mixed-race children of white women were born free. If illegitimate, they had to serve time in lengthy apprenticeships, but freedom gave them an important step forward. In the first two decades after the American Revolution, numerous planters in Charles City County freed their slaves, persuaded by Quaker, Baptist and Methodist abolitionists. Many free blacks settled together in today's Ruthville, Virginia ,

2244-508: The public include Evelynton Plantation , Oak Hill, and Greenway Plantation . Some Charles City County farms along the James River have been under continuous crop production for more than 400 years, but they remain highly productive. Local farmers have won national contests in bushel per acre grain production. A Charles City farmer has been the National Corn Grower in three years, producing 300+ bushels of corn per acre (18.8 t/ha) in

2295-474: The restoration of the Sandy Point area. 37°06′57.6″S 12°13′01.2″W  /  37.116000°S 12.217000°W  / -37.116000; -12.217000 Charles City County, Virginia Charles City County is a county located in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia . The county is situated southeast of Richmond and west of Jamestown . It is bounded on the south by the James River and on

2346-429: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandy_Point&oldid=1237299059 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2397-458: The state legislature. They disfranchised most blacks at the turn of the century, maintaining this exclusion until after passage of civil rights legislation. In 1968, following passage of the federal Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act of the 1960s, and federal enforcement of the black franchise, James Bradby of Charles City County was the first black American Virginian to be elected to the position of County Sheriff . Charles City County id

2448-471: The valuable riverfront property. This gave them ready access to the waterways, the transportation system for trade and travel. Hence, later planters generally settled in the upland section of the county. The original central city of the county was Charles City Point, located south of the James River at the confluence of the Appomattox River . The first Charles City County courthouses were located along

2499-420: The whole child by offering students a broad spectrum of programs that includes core studies, electives gifted education, honors, dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, Army Junior ROTC, comprehensive vocational and technical programs, exceptional education programs, Title I reading, alternative education, pre-kindergarten program, and regional Governor's School program participation. Charles City County has favored

2550-400: Was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.02. In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.10% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males. The median income for

2601-443: Was annexed by the independent city of Hopewell in 1923. After 1703, Charles City County was limited to land on the north bank of the James River, between James City County to its east and Henrico County to its west (both also previously colonial shires). Charles City County is bordered by New Kent County to its north and Henrico County to its north-west. During the late 19th century, numerous crossroads communities developed among

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