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| − | + | Warwick County was incorporated as the City of Warwick in 1953, and in 1958 the city of Warwick and Newport News consolidated to become Newport News. The city of Warwick had a population of nearly 40,000 in 1956. It is located on the southwestern shore of the Virginia peninsula along the James River. Two Mennonite churches, the [[Warwick River Mennonite Church (Newport News, Virginia, USA)|Warwick River Mennonite Church]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) and the [[Providence Mennonite Church (Newport News, Virginia, USA)|Providence Amish Mennonite Church]] (Mennonite Church), with a total membership of 371 in the late 1950s, are located within its limits. The first Mennonite settlers came to this area in 1897. | |
See [[Denbigh (Warwick County, Virginia, USA)|Denbigh]] | See [[Denbigh (Warwick County, Virginia, USA)|Denbigh]] | ||
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Warwick County was incorporated as the City of Warwick in 1953, and in 1958 the city of Warwick and Newport News consolidated to become Newport News. The city of Warwick had a population of nearly 40,000 in 1956. It is located on the southwestern shore of the Virginia peninsula along the James River. Two Mennonite churches, the Warwick River Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) and the Providence Amish Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), with a total membership of 371 in the late 1950s, are located within its limits. The first Mennonite settlers came to this area in 1897.
See Denbigh
| Author(s) | C. Norman Krause |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Krause, C. Norman. "Warwick (Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Warwick_(Virginia,_USA)&oldid=78628.
APA style
Krause, C. Norman. (1959). Warwick (Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Warwick_(Virginia,_USA)&oldid=78628.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 891. All rights reserved.
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