SOLD!! Great Opportunity for a Custom Building Lot In Essex County Virginia!

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Mostly cleared lot in the countryside just minutes from the town of Tappahannock in the rolling hills and River country of Essex County!

Great opportunity for a building lot just outside of Tappahannock. Over 5 acres with over three hundred feet of state road frontage. Good for custom home, spec building, or just investment. Tall trees on the perimeter offer some privacy and already cleared for the building site. Only minutes from Tappahannock for shopping, restaurants, & banking. Soil maps indicate good for conventional septic system. Call Danny Graham at 757-613-6059 or email him at dgraham@mossyoakproperties.com to discuss or set up a time to see.

Located on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, Essex County is centrally situated just outside the Washington to Norfolk urban crescent. The peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,599. Its county seat is Tappahannock. The county's principal town, Tappahannock, dates back to a 17th century port settlement. The historic cities of Fredericksburg (40 miles north) and Williamsburg (56 miles SE) are within an hour's drive. Essex County was established in 1692 from the old Rappahannock County, Virginia (not to be confused with the present-day Rappahannock County, Virginia). The county is named for either the shire or county in England, or for the Earl of Essex.

Tappahannock is the oldest town in Essex County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,375 at the 2010 census, up from 2,068 at the 2000 census. Located on the Rappahannock River, Tappahannock is the county seat of Essex County. Its name comes from an Algonquian language word lappihanne (also noted as toppehannock), meaning "Town on the rise and fall of water" or "where the tide ebbs and flows." The Rappahannock is a tidal estuary from above this point and downriver to its mouth on Chesapeake Bay.

In 1682 a local English colonist, Jacob Hobbs, established a trading post in the vicinity of present-day Tappahannock. This area became known as "Hobbs Hole".

The settlement was platted for 50 acres (20 ha), divided into half-acre squares. The port was established at Hobbs Hole and called "New Plymouth", later changed back to the Native American name "Tappahannock". As part of the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730, public warehouses for inspection and exportation of tobacco, the colony's commodity crop, were established at Hobbs Hole. Ocean-going ships could reach this port.

During the War of 1812, the town was seized by British naval forces under the command of Captain Robert Barrie on December 2, 1814. The British left the town two days later, after burning down the courthouse and two jails.

The Tappahannock Historic District and Sabine Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.