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In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale established Virginia’s second English settlement, called Henrico in honor of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of King James I. The town stood four miles southwest on a peninsula of high land on the James River, with a ditch constructed across the neck of land and a fence surrounding it. “Henricus Citie” contained “three streets of well-framed houses, a handsome church, store houses, a hospital, and watchtowers.” After the Anglo-Powhatan War began in 1622, the town was abandoned. Remaining traces of the land associated with the town comprise Henricus Park in Chesterfield County.
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