Hog Island was a foraging site for pigs brought by early English colonists, and today is the location of a nuclear power plant and a state wildlife management area
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online
in 1906, the Norfolk and Western Railroad had connections to Claremont and Scotland on the James River
Source: Library of Congress, Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia (Postmaster General, 1906)
John Smith recorded Hog Island as an island
Source: Library of Congress, Virginia (John Smith, 1624)
Bacon's Castle