Port Royal Cross Roads in Virginia
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John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C. , on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor. He was also a Confederate sympathizer, vehement in his denunciation of Lincoln, and strongly opposed the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Located at 38.1385, -77.2302 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Port Royal, Virginia

Port Royal is an incorporated town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. The population was 126 at the 2000 census. Port Royal was established in the mid-17th century in the Colony of Virginia primarily as a port on a navigable portion of the Rappahannock River for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop. Along an early stage road, it later became a crossroads along the busy modern highways of U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 301.

Located at 38.1697, -77.1908 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia, Towns in Virginia

Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)

Belle Grove is a historic plantation located on U.S. 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790. James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation, in an earlier house which no longer stands. Belle Grove plantation was the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway. Her father Francis Conway was the namesake for Port Conway.

Located at 38.1793, -77.1885 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in King George County, Virginia

This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in King George County, Virginia. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 29, 2013.

Located at 38.1953, -77.1972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Etta, Virginia

Etta is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 38.1428, -77.1733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia

Hazelwood, Virginia

Hazelwood is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 38.1861, -77.2292 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia

Port Royal Cross Roads, Virginia

Port Royal Cross Roads is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 38.1633, -77.1997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia

Waverly, Caroline County, Virginia

Waverly is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 38.1639, -77.1775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Caroline County, Virginia