Northampton County High School

Historical marker location:

Machipongo, Virginia

( Marker is on Young Street (County Road 627) 0.2 miles west of Charles M Lankford Jr Memorial Highway (U.S. 13), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2010

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Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was founded in 1607 and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699.