Williamsburg, Virginia
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Williamsburg, Virginia

Administration
Full nameWilliamsburg, Virginia
Official nameWilliamsburg, Virginia
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesIndependent city
Government
MayorJeanne Zeidler
Geography
Total Area8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2)
Land Area8.5 sq mi (22 km2)
Water Area0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation82 ft (25 m)
Demography
Total Population11998 (2000)
Density (pop.)542.4/km2 (1404.8/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes23185-23188
Area code757
FIPS code51-86160
GNIS feature ID1498551

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Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of 2008, the city had an estimated population of 12,481. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Williamsburg with James City County for statistical purposes.
Originally Middle Plantation, a 1632 fortified settlement located on high ground on the Peninsula between the James and York rivers, it was renamed Williamsburg after the capital of the Virginia Colony was moved there from Jamestown in 1698. The town received a royal charter as a city in 1722, and was the center of political events in Virginia leading to the American Revolution.
Williamsburg is well-known for Colonial Williamsburg, the restored Historic Area of the city, and for the adjacent College of William & Mary, established in 1693, the second-oldest university in the United States. Nearby, and established in 1770, the predecessor of the current Eastern State Hospital is considered to have been the earliest mental hospital in the United States.
The Historic Triangle of Virginia, which also includes Jamestown and Yorktown, is among the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with Williamsburg located in the center. The three are linked by the National Park Service's Colonial Parkway, a 23 mile-long (37 km) National Scenic Byway which is carefully shielded from views of commercial development. The toll-free Jamestown Ferry is located at the southern end of the Colonial Parkway. State Route 5, another scenic byway, links Williamsburg and Richmond.
Most highway travelers reach Williamsburg via nearby Interstate 64, U.S. Route 60, and State Route 143, each major east-west highways. Commercial airline service is available at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (20 miles), and at Richmond and Norfolk airports (both 55 miles away). All are located along I-64 and offer limousine service to Williamsburg, as well as rental cars.
Williamsburg also offers public transportation alternatives for visitors and citizens. The intermodal Williamsburg Transportation Center is located in a restored Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station near the Historic Area, downtown, and the College. It offers Amtrak and Greyhound services, taxicabs, and rental cars. There, many visitors transfer to the community's local transit bus system, Williamsburg Area Transport, which operates accessible equipment for the mobility-impaired with bicycle racks on buses as well.

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Lake Placid News--Frank Shatz lives in -Williamsburg-, -Va-. and Lake Placid. His column was reprinted with permission from The Virginia Gazette.--- - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:46:38 GMT+00:00
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GatorCountry.com---...- fifth annual Heath Evans Foundation 7-on-7 Championships earns a trip to the USA Today 7ON7 National Tournament June 26-27 in -Williamsburg-, -Virginia-. ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:20:15 GMT+00:00
ABA Expands to Williamsburg, VA - OurSports Central (press release) Tweet this news
OurSports Central (press release)---...- Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it has added a team to its new Mid-Atlantic Division to be located in -Williamsburg-, -Virginia-. ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 22:05:01 GMT+00:00
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New York News Today--Co-owners Bob Sheeran and Carl Pautlitz have decades of experience in -Williamsburg Virginia- real estate. And they're no carpetbaggers! ... - Date : Tue, 04 May 2010 20:36:41 GMT+00:00
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MNDC Breaking News--Co-owners Bob Sheeran and Carl Pautlitz have decades of experience in -Williamsburg Virginia- real estate. And they're no carpetbaggers! ... - Date : Mon, 03 May 2010 16:06:15 GMT+00:00
In Virginia at 2 pm - The Free Lance-Star Tweet this news
The Free Lance-Star--By Hank Kurz Jr. -WILLIAMSBURG-, -Va-. - The College of William & Mary's bookstore will start a textbook-rental program starting in the upcoming school year. ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 18:38:27 GMT+00:00



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