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  1. Apr 30, 2022 · A blue flag with the city shield centered. An image of the flag can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/233249363360358/photos/pb.100064662552922.-2207520000../4605251332826784/?type=3. Paul Bassinson, 21 March 2022. The seal. image located by Paul Bassinson, 1 February 2020. Source: http://www.suffolkva.us/ Paul Bassinson, 1 February 2020.

  2. Burned by the British in 1779 and damaged by other fires throughout the next century, Suffolk survived to become a city in 1910. In 1974, it became the present City of Suffolk, consolidating with the towns of Holland and Whaleyville, and the County of Nansemond. The end result was a new municipality encompassing a total of 430 square miles ...

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  4. Designed by. Charles Keck [3] [4] The Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse of the seal against a blue background. A state flag was first adopted at the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, readopted in 1912, [1 ...

  5. U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with the state seal in the centre. In 1776 the jurist George Wythe probably drew upon a book on Roman antiquities by Joseph Spence when he created the first Virginia state seal.

  6. May 19, 2024 · Suffolk, city, southeastern Virginia, U.S., at the head of navigation of the Nansemond River. It lies near the Great Dismal Swamp, immediately southwest of the cities of Portsmouth and Chesapeake in the Hampton Roads region.

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  7. Nansemond County, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.739323°N 76.609379°W. 1903 Map depicting Nansemond County (1646–1972) and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood) in the United States, from 1646 until ...

  8. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse of the seal against a blue background. A state flag was first adopted at the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, readopted in 1912, and standardized by the General Assembly in February 1950.

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