Perrin, Virginia

The Perrin River is a 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) tidal river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a small inlet on the north shore of the York River near that river's mouth at Chesapeake Bay.

Achilles is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Achilles is located on Virginia State Route 216 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Achilles has a post office with ZIP code 23001.

Maryus is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Maryus is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Maryus has a post office with ZIP code 23107.

Severn is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Severn is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Gloucester Point. Severn has a post office with ZIP code 23155.

Bena is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The community is located on Virginia State Route 216, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Bena has a post office with ZIP code 23018. The historic Little England plantation house is in the area and Bena was home to the Little England Daffodil Farm.

The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 34 miles (55 km) long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. It ranges in width from 1 mile (1.6 km) at its head to 2.5 miles (4.0 km) near its mouth on the west side of Chesapeake Bay. Its watershed drains an area of the coastal plain of Virginia north and east of Richmond. Its banks were inhabited by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. In 2003 evidence was found of the likely site of Werowocomoco, one of two capitals used by the paramount chief Powhatan before 1609. The site was inhabited since 1200 as a major village. Enormously important in later U.S. history, the river was also the scene of early settlements of the Virginia Colony. It was the site of significant events and battles in both the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.

The Tue Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands.

York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,045. The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown.Located on the north side of the Virginia Peninsula, with the York River as its northern border, York County is included in the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. York County contains many tributaries of the York River. It shares land borders with the independent cities of Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, and Poquoson, as well as James City County, and shares a border along the York River with Gloucester County. Formed in 1634 as Charles River Shire, one of the eight original shires (counties) of the Virginia Colony, and renamed York County in 1643, York County is one of the oldest counties in the United States. Yorktown is one of the three points of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia. It is the site of the last battle and surrender of British forces in 1781 at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, when the patriots gained independence from Great Britain. In modern times, several important U.S. military installations have been developed in the county. It also has miles of waterfront residential and recreational areas. York County adjoins the Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park and includes within its borders the affiliated Water Country USA water park, the Yorktown Riverfront area, Yorktown Battlefield and Visitor Center and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Yorktown is linked by the National Park Service's bucolic Colonial Parkway with Colonial Williamsburg and historic attractions at Jamestown, Virginia. Heritage tourism to the Historic Triangle draws international visitors and is a major economic activity for the county.

Little England is a historic plantation house located near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. The plantation dates to a 1651 land grant to the Perrin family by Governor William Berkeley. Capt. John Perrin built the house on a point of land overlooking the York River directly across from Yorktown in 1716 with plans reputed to have been drawn by Christopher Wren. The house was used as a lookout for ships during the Battle of Yorktown. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, gable roofed brick dwelling in the Georgian style. A 1+1⁄2-story frame wing was added in 1954. It has a single-pile plan and two interior end chimneys. The brickwork is Flemish Bond with few glazed headers. Little England is one of Virginia's least altered and best-preserved colonial plantation homes. The interior features some of the finest colonial paneling in Virginia. The house was restored in 1939.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

The Severn River is a 2-mile-long (3 km) tidal river in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of Mobjack Bay, which is an arm of Chesapeake Bay.

Lands End is a historic home located near Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, three-bay, steeply-pitched gambrel-roofed brick dwelling. It has a single pile plan and a 2½-story rear wing. It was renovated in the 1960s.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Dandy is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia.