Suffolk

   Suffolk is Virginia's largest city in area and one of Hampton Roads' fastest-growing communities. The city was first home to the Nansemond Indians, who hunted and gathered oysters along the Nansemond River. English settlers moved into the area in the early 1700s, and in 1742, the town of Suffolk was named after Gov. William Gooch's hometown of Suffolk County, England.
   The small town was burned by the British in 1779 and served as a Union Army camp during the Civil War. In 1910, Suffolk was incorporated as a city.
   When the cities of Suffolk and Nansemond merged in 1974, Suffolk grew overnight from a small town of two square miles to the state's largest city of 430 square miles — half the size of Rhode Island. And the region's population is projected to more than double over the next 20 years. That growth is also seen in increasing income levels.

Activities

   Suffolk Historic District contains shops, homes and historic buildings, including four historic churches: First Baptist, St. Paul's Episcopal, Main Street United Methodist and Suffolk Christian.
   Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge offers 111,000 acres for wildlife observation, boating, fishing and hunting.
   Bennett's Creek Park has two free boat ramps, a fishing and crabbing pier, a playground, tennis courts, and a nature trail.
   Lone Star Lakes Park is more than 1,000 acres, with 11 lakes for freshwater fishing and crabbing, nature trails, a playground, horse trail, archery range and a model airplane flying field.

Suffolk Fast Facts

   Location: Suffolk is located southwest of Portsmouth, about 19 miles from Norfolk
*Total area: 429.07 square miles (400.02 square miles land area; 29.05 square miles water area)
*Population: 63,677
*Housing units: 24,704
   Average annual rainfall: 48.71 inches
   Average temperatures: 79ºF in summer, 40ºF in winter
*Information provided by 2000 Census

Education

Suffolk is home to 21 public schools, including Lakeland High School, the Pruden Center for Industry and Technology and Turlington Woods Alternative School.

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