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unusual facts about Mathews County



Deltaville Ballpark

Former Minnesota Twins pitcher Keith Atherton, a native of nearby Mathews County, pitched several post-MLB years for the Deltas, and Dave Cunningham, formally a minor league ballplayer in the Houston Astros organization, played for several seasons.

Elzy Burroughs

Under contract with the young United States Government under President Thomas Jefferson, Elzy Burroughs built three lighthouses along the Virginia coast, at Old Point Comfort at Fort Monroe in 1802, at Smith Point in Northumberland County around 1803 (moved further inland and rebuilt by Burroughs in 1807), and at New Point Comfort, in Mathews County in 1804.

Ralph Northam

Northam first ran for office in 2007 in the Virginia 6th Senate district, which includes the Eastern Shore of Virginia; Mathews County, on the Middle Peninsula; and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.


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