Chuckatuck, Virginia
36°51′43″N 76°34′48″W / 36.862°N 76.580°W
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Chuckatuck is a neighborhood of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It is located at the junction of State Route 10/State Route 32 and State Route 125, just south of SR 10/32's crossing of Chuckatuck Creek. Its elevation is 36 feet above mean sea level. The neighborhood is relatively small and consists of such businesses as a garden store, general store, automobile repair shop, three churches, two gas stations, a restaurant, a hardware store, and others. It has a fire department, Suffolk station nine, which is operated as the Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department. The community is also located near Lone Star Lakes, a recreational park.
Former Virginia Governor Mills Godwin and jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd grew up in Chuckatuck.
A grist mill was constructed as early as 1635 by colonist Richard Bartlett at the head of Chuckatuck (or Crooked) Creek.[1] "Chuckatuck" is a Nansemond word meaning "crooked".
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chuckatuck". Greater Chuckatuck Historical Foundation.
- Further reading
- Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Nansemond County, Virginia." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 21, no. 1, 1941, pp. 37–54. JSTOR, The Colonial Churches of Nansemond County, Virginia. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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