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4 unusual facts about New Kent County


Don Luis

More recent findings suggest that the mission may have been on the New Kent side of Diascund Creek near its confluence with the Chickahominy River.

Emanuel Jose Sanchez

In the summer of 2005 he was working as an apprentice jockey at Colonial Downs racetrack in New Kent County, Virginia.

Gideon Macon

New Kent County (established in 1654 from York County) was where Gideon Macon built his home in 1680 on Macon's Island.

Strike a Deal

In the summer of 2007, he ran second in both the grade three Colonial Turf Cup at one mile and three sixteenths (9.5 furlongs) in mid-June and the Virginia Derby at one mile and a quarter (10 furlongs) in Mid-July, both run at Colonial Downs in New Kent County, Virginia on the turf course.


Farancia erytrogramma

In New Kent County, Virginia they are abundant in sandy fields near the Chickahominy River, and great numbers are turned up by plows in the spring.


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