Essex County/Middlesex County
Historical highway marker Z-165 · Essex County
Essex County Formed in 1691 from Old Rappahannock County, and named for Essex County, England. R. M. T. Hunter, United States Senator and Confederate Secretary of State, lived in this county. Middlesex County Formed in 1673 from Lancaster, and named for an English county. Rosegill, frequented by colonial governors, is here.
Conservation & Development Commission, 1929