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Line 4: ==County seat and town== The area which included Varina Farms( (which was in turn named for Rolfe's first cultivated tobacco crop in the new world "Varina") Plantation was part of [[Henrico City (Virginia Company)\|Henrico Cittie]] (sic), an incorporation formed in 1611 by the [Virginia Company, headquartered in London, 1606-1624]. Henricus was clearly the central development of Henrico Cittie. However, although Henricus was wiped out and not rebuilt after the [[Indian massacre of 1622]], a tiny village grew up on Rolfe's Plantation which was called both "Varina" and "Henrico Parish". When the original eight [[shires of Virginia]] (later renamed [[county (US)\|counties]]) were formed in 1634, Varina became the [[county seat]] of [[Henrico County, Virginia\|Henrico]]. Varina was established as an [[Unincorporated area\|unincorporated community]] in 1680. It featured a courthouse, a church for [[Henrico Parish]], and commercial buildings, such as a tavern. The Henrico Glebe house at Varina was the location where [[James Blair (clergyman)\|Reverend Dr. James Blair]] is believed to have drawn up the plans for new school which became the [[College of William and Mary]] in 1693 after his mission to England at the request of the [[House of Burgesses]]. The royal [[charter]] for the new school resurrected one of the dreams of the colonists which had been lost at Henricus in 1622.

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