Colonial Heights, Virginia definition of Colonial Heights, Virginia in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Colonial Heights, city (1990 pop. 16,064), in, but independent of, Chesterfield co., SE Va.; inc. as a city 1948. Chemicals, metal products, and whiskey are manufactured and peanuts, grain, soybeans, and tobacco are grown. Of particular interest is the Violet Bank Library and Museum and the giant cucumber tree in front of it. In 1864, during the Civil War, Gen. Robert E. Lee made his headquarters under the tree while directing the defense of besieged Petersburg (across the Appomattox River from Colonial Heights).

Colonial Heights (Independent City), Virginia

PO Box 3401
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
Phone: (804) 520-9265
Fax: (804) 520-9207
www.colonial-heights.com

In southeastern VA on the heights overlooking the Appomattox River. Established 1910; incorporated as a town in 1926; as a city in 1948. Name Origin: For the Marquis de Lafayette's (1757-1834) artillery, known as the Colonials, which he placed here to shell British positions in Petersburg during the American Revolution.

Area (sq mi): 7.79 (land 7.48; water 0.31). Pop per sq mi: 2348.50.
Pop 2005: 17,567. State rank: 83. Pop change: 2000-20005 4.00%; 1990-2000 5.20%. Pop 2000: 16,897 (White 88.30%; Black or African American 6.30%; Hispanic or Latino 1.60%; Asian 2.70%; Other 1.90%). Foreign born: 4.90%. Median age: 39.90.
Income 2000: per capita $23,659; median household $43,224; Pop below poverty level: 5.50%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $24,506-$26,729.
Unemployment 2004: 3.90%. Change from 2000: 0.40%. Median travel time to work: 20.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 74.10%.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			Civilian competitors included the Colonial Heights Police Department from Colonial Heights, Virginia. TRADOC Command Provost Marshal Directorate Sponsors second annual ... by McCall, Theodore G. / Military Police Jim Jones Colonial Heights, Virginia Jordan Replies James Rogers' point is well taken. Global warming questions by Jordan, Stuart / The Humanist Trans-Atlantic Production BluePrint Automation production plants assemble machines in Woerden, the Netherlands, and in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Thinking flexibly outside of the box conveys bag solutions into the ... by Saulnier, John M. / Quick Frozen Foods International			Colombia Battle of Boyac‡ Day Colombia Independence Day Colombians Colombo Colombo Plan Colombo, Emilio Colombo, Matteo Realdo ColOn ColÓn Colon Bacillus colon cancer Colonatus Colonel Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Colonel Denning State Park colonette Colonia Colonia del Sacramento colonial Colonial architecture Colonial Banks colonial casing Colonial Conference, British Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site Colonial Heights Colonial Heights, Virginia Colonial joint Colonial Michilimackinac State Park & Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Colonial National Historical Park Colonial Organisms colonial panel door Colonial Parkway Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site colonial preference Colonial Revival colonial siding Colonial System of Imperialism Colonial Trade Colonial Troops Colonialism Colonies and Colonial Policy Colonies of Microorganisms Colonies, Ancient Colonization Colonna Colonna, Vittoria, marchesa di Pescara Colonnade Colonne, Edouard Colonne, Édouard colonnette colonoscopy			Colonial Defense Force Colonial Development and Welfare Act of 1940 Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site Colonial empire Colonial empire Colonial empires Colonial empires Colonial era Colonial era Colonial era Colonial era Colonial expansion Colonial expansion colonial experience Colonial First State Global Asset Management Colonial First State Investments Limited Colonial First State Private Equity Colonial First State Property Limited Colonial First State Property Management Colonial First State WS Colonial Georgian Colonial Goose Colonial heads of Spanish Morocco Colonial heads of Spanish Morocco Colonial Heads of Tripolitania Colonial Heads of Tripolitania Colonial Heights Colonial Heights Colonial Heights, VA Colonial Heights, VA Colonial Heights, Virginia Colonial Hills Baptist Church Colonial Hills Christian School Colonial Hills United Methodist Church Colonial home Colonial homes Colonial Jamestown Colonial joint Colonial Latin American Historical Review Colonial Life Insurance Company Colonial Mexico Colonial Mexico Colonial Michilimackinac State Park & Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd. Colonial Mutual Superannuation Pty Ltd Colonial National Historic Park Colonial National Historical Park Colonial National Monument Colonial Newsletter Foundation, Inc. Colonial Office Colonial Organisms colonial panel door Colonial Parkway Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site

Colonial Heights (redirected from Colonial Heights, Virginia)

Colonial Heights
(redirected from Colonial Heights, Virginia)