Essex County

county in Virginia, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_virginia Q182112
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Summary

Essex County is a county of Virginia[1]. It draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_virginia category, ranking #41 of 99).[2]

Key Facts

  • Essex County was a member of GovAI Coalition[3].
  • Essex County is located in Virginia[4].
  • Essex County is in the country of United States[5].
  • Essex County's instance of is recorded as county of Virginia[6].
  • Essex County's capital is recorded as Tappahannock[7].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as Westmoreland County[8].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as Richmond County[9].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as King George County[10].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as Caroline County[11].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as King and Queen County[12].
  • Essex County's shares border with is recorded as Middlesex County[13].
  • Essex County's basic form of government is recorded as County Commission[14].
  • Essex is named after Essex County[15].
  • Essex County's Commons category is recorded as Essex County, Virginia[16].
  • 1692 marks the founding of Essex County[17].
  • Essex County's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.94, 'longitude': -76.95}[18].
  • Essex County's official website is recorded as http://www.essex-virginia.org[19].
  • Essex County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Essex County, Virginia[20].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11151'}[21].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11160'}[22].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11209'}[23].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11198'}[24].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11229'}[25].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+11130'}[26].
  • Essex County has a population of {'amount': '+10599'}[27].

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Geography

Essex County is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in Virginia[4].

Physical Characteristics

Essex County covers an area of {'amount': '+740'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11151'}[21], {'amount': '+11160'}[22], {'amount': '+11209'}[23], {'amount': '+11198'}[24], {'amount': '+11229'}[25], and {'amount': '+11130'}[26].

Designation and Status

Essex County's instance of is recorded as county of Virginia[6].

History and Context

1692 marks the founding of Essex County[17]. Essex is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

Essex County draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_virginia category, ranking #41 of 99).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Essex County, Virgi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Essex County, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 10w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → County Commission
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45905|batch #45905]]: county forms"
  3. 21w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3811125
    Taxonomicon id → 1808200
    Obo gazetteer id → 00152754
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Virginia
    Official website → http://www.essex-virginia.org
    Category for people who died here → Q111195599
    Instance of → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110535, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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