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Brunswick County is a United States county located on the Southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This rural county is known as one the claimants to be the namesake of Brunswick stew. Brunswick County was created in 1720, and its lands were taken from parts of Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg, which was a British possession in the Eighteenth Century. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 17,434, with represents a decrease of more than five percent from the 18,419 reported in the 2000 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51025.html )〕 The Brunswick county seat is Lawrenceville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 == History == The first English settlers in Brunswick county swarmed into the lands near Fort Christanna during its 4 years of operation (1714–1718). Brunswick County was established in 1720 from Prince George County. In 1732 the county received more land from parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. Brunswick County stretched all the way to the Blue Ridge until 1745, when a series of new counties was formed and the current western border established. In 1780 Greensville County was formed from part of Brunswick's eastern side and in 1787 the county's eastern border was finalized with a minor adjustment.〔http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/virginia/viewer.htm〕 The county is named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg in Germany, because one of the titles carried by Britain's Hanoverian kings was Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Today Brunswick County is bisected by Interstate 85, U.S. 1 and U.S. Highway 58. Originally cultivated for tobacco by slave labor in colonial times, its mostly rural economy was diversified for lumber and other mixed farm crops before the American Civil War. Cotton is grown in the far south. The defunct Saint Paul's College, Virginia was located in the county, as well as a campus of Southside Virginia Community College. The Fort Pickett Army National Guard base is partly in the county. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brunswick County, Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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