Essex County Virginia - Government Site
Population: 10,633
Area: 258 square miles
County Seat: Tappahannock
Area Code(s) in use: 804
Time Zone: EST
Adjacent counties:
Caroline King and Queen King George Middlesex Richmond Westmoreland
Airport
Tappahannock Municipal Airport
Bar
Bowlers Rock, Magoright Bar
Bay
Brecknock Bay, Green Bay
Beach
Wildwood Beach
Bridge
Bestland Bridge, Byrds Bridge, Covington Bridge, Jones Bridge
Building
Brockenbrough House, Essex County Fire Department Center Cross Firehouse, Essex County Sheriff's Office, Tappahannock Police Department, Tappahannock Police Department, Tappahannock Rescue Squad, Tappahannock Volunteer Rescue Squad, Tappahannock-Essex Volunteer Fire Department
Cape
Blandfield Point, Bottoms Neck, Browns Point, Cedar Point, Coopers Point, Horse Head Point, Island Point, Jones Point, Jones Point, Ketch Point, Lawson Neck, Lowery Point, Mallorys Point, Marsh Point, Thomas Neck
Cemetery
Hermon Cemetery, Kay Cemetery, Rappahannock Cemetery, Upper Essex Cemetery, Vauters Churchyard
Channel
Layton Reach
Church
Angel Visit Church, Antioch Church, Bethlehem Church, Beulah Church, Ebenezer Church, Enon Church, Ephesus Church, First Union Church, Good Hope Church, Grace Mission Church, Hermon Church, Howerton Church, Lebanon Church, Macedonia Church, Mount Olive Church, Mount Salem Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Oak Grove Church, Rappahannock Church, Rock of Ages Church, Saint Andrews Church (historical), Saint Johns Church, Saint Lukes Church (historical), Saint Mathews Church (historical), Saint Pauls Church, Trinity Church, Trinity Church, Upper Essex Church, Vauters Church, Zion Church
Civil
Central Magisterial District, Essex County, North Magisterial District, South Magisterial District, Tappahannock Magisterial District, Town Magisterial District
Cliff
Butylo Bluff
Crossing
Bowlers Ferry (historical), Wares Ferry (historical)
Dam
Baylors Dam, Cedar Creek Dam, Cedar Creek Lower Dam, Cheatswood Mill Dam, Cortney Dam, Dillard Dam, Essex Mill Dam, Hundley Dam, Hundley Dam, Hunters Mill Dam, Millers Dam, Rose Hill Dam, Scotts Mill Dam, Spindles Mill Dam, Taliaferro Mill Dam, Ware Dam, Wrights Millpond Dam
Gut
Black Duck Creek
Hospital
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital
Island
Coleman Island, Paynes Island
Lake
Hunters Millpond, Jones Millpond
Locale
Baird Landing, Baker Landing, Bakers Landing, Bowlers Rock Lighthouse, Bowlers Wharf, Croxton Mill (historical), Daingerfield Landing, Essex Mill (historical), Garretts Landing, Gram Landing, Gram Landing, Hickory Landing, Hickory Landing, Hutchinson Mill (historical), Latane Mill (historical), Laytons Landing, Lindsay Hall Farm, Malvale Farm, Mark Haven Beach, Marry Gold Plantation, Mose Landing, Mose Landing, Mount Pleasant Landing, Persimmon Tree Landing, Persimmon Tree Landing, Salt Bank Landing, Salt Bank Landing, Saunders Wharf, Scott Mill (historical), Smith and Rices Mill (historical), Stiffs Mill (historical), Supply, Trysting Place (historical), Wares Mill (historical), Waterview Plantation (historical)
Park
Tappahannock Historic District
Pillar
Corner Rock
Populated Place
Aureuapeugh (historical), Battery, Beazley, Bestland, Bethlehem Fork, Brays, Brays Fork, Butylo, Caret, Center Cross, Champlain, Chance, Desha, Dunbrooke, Dunnsville, Eubank, Fairview, Farmers Fork, Henley Fork, Howertons, Hustle, Iraville, Island Farm, Jacks Fork, Jacks Fork, Jenkins Landing, Kino, Laneview, Layton, Lloyds, Longist Forks, Loretto, Lowerys Landing, Lowerys Point Landing, Meade, Millers Tavern, Montague, Mount Landing, Mount Pleasant, Nantaughtacund (historical), Nimcock (historical), Oakley, Occupacia, Ozeana, Pauls Crossroads, Pigeon Hill, Rappahannock (historical), Red Hill, Rexburg, Richmond Beach, Tappahannock, Taylors, Upper Mount Landing, Upright, Wares Wharf, Wildwood Beach
Post Office
Chance Post Office (historical)
Reservoir
Baylors Pond, Baylors Pond, Cedar Creek Pond, Cheatswood Millpond, Cheatwood Millpond, Essex Millpond, Essex Millpond, Hundley Pond, Hunters Millpond, Millers Pond, Rose Hill Pond, Scotts Millpond, Spindle Pond, Spindles Millpond, Taliaferro Millpond, Taliaferro Pond, Wrights Millpond
School
Battery School (historical), Beulah School (historical), Center Cross School (historical), Essex Academy (historical), Essex High School, Hickory Road School (historical), John Moncure School, Rappahannock District School, Rappahannock Independent Academy (historical), Saint Margarets School, Tappahannock Elementary School
Stream
Baylors Creek, Bellview Creek, Beverly Marsh Creek, Black Water Swamp, Brick Hill Creek, Bridge Creek, Broad Creek, Bull Neck Creek, Cedar Creek, Cockerel Creek, Colemans Creek, Cone Creek, Croxton Stream, Dragon Run, Elmwood Creek, Farmers Hall Creek, Handpole Creek, Harry Lane Swamp, Hoskins Creek, Laundrums Creek, Laytons Branch, Lewis Creek, Lewis Creek, Mariners Branch, Merryvayle Creek, Mill Branch, Mill Creek, Mill Swamp, Mount Landing Creek, Muddy Gut, Mussel Swamp, North Branch Beaverdam Swamp, Occupacia Creek, Piscataway Creek, Poplar Swamp, Quioccasin Creek, Rouzie Swamp, Sluice Creek, Stillwater Creek, Sturgeon Swamp, Taylors Creek, Ticknors Creek, Tuscarora Creek, White Marsh, Youngs Swamp
Swamp
Beverly Marsh, Church Swamp, Criddlin Swamp, Hutchinson Swamp, Margaret Lee Swamp, Otterburn Marsh
| Race | Population |
| White |  6,188 |
| Black | 4,092 |
| Mixed | 153 |
| Asian | 131 |
| American Indian | 66 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 3 |
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