Moysonec was a Native American village on the
Chickahominy River
The Chickahominy is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in eastern Virginia. The river, which serves as the eastern border of Charles City County, Vir ...
in what is now
New Kent County, Virginia
New Kent County is a county in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 22,945. Its county seat is New Kent.
New Kent County is located east of the Greater Richmond Region ...
. The village is believed to be located near the mouth of Diascund Creek, where it enters the river. It is notable as the presumed home of natives who captured explorer
John Smith in 1607.
The site of the village was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1975.
See also
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References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Native American history of Virginia
New Kent County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in New Kent County, Virginia
Former Native American populated places in the United States
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