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King and Queen County, an area of 320 square miles, was formed in 1691 from New Kent and named for King William III and Queen Mary. The family of George Rogers Clark long lived in this county. Gloucester County, an area of 223 square miles, was formed in 1651 from York and named for Gloucester County, England. Bacon the Rebel died in this county in 1676. Gloucester Point was the outpost of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.
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