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A willow oak tree was planted on November 6, 1980, by the XYZ Fellowship Club (Senior Citizens) of Essex County to commemorate the tricentennial of the founding of the Town of Tappahannock in 1680 and the formation of Essex County in 1692 from old Rappahannock County, which was formed in 1656 and is now extinct.
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Tappahannock, Virginia · United States
