Jamestown Island was the site of the site of the first permanent English settlement in Virginia. However, only 1200 out of the 8,500 who arrived between 1607 and 1625, survived. The colony’s capital moved to Williamsburg in 1699 where public buildings echoed the English architecture. Almost every place of Virginia talks of its rich past. From America’s first permanent British settlement to Patrick Henry’s ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ to the place where a Civil War torn land eventually decided to give United States an honest try, Virginia has witnessed it all.

Virginia is located on the eastern seaboard of the US. Virginia is the 4th largest of the South Atlantic states and ranks 36th in size among the 50 states covering a total area of 40,767 sq mi (105,586 sq km), of which land occupies 39,704 sq mi (102,833 sq km) and inland water 1,063 sq mi (2,753 sq km).

Virginia is bordered on the North West by West Virginia; on the North East by Maryland and the District of Columbia; on the East by the Atlantic Ocean; on the South by North Carolina and Tennessee; and on the West by Kentucky. Virginia's offshore islands in the Atlantic include Chincoteague, Wallops, Cedar, Parramore, Hog, Cobb, and Smith.