| Pamunkey River | |
|---|---|
 In Lanexa, Virginia | |
 York River watershed showing the Pamunkey River south of the Mattaponi River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Counties | New Kent, King William, Caroline, Hanover |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of the North Anna and South Anna rivers |
| • location | Near Ashland, forms part of the boundary of Hanover County and Caroline County |
| • coordinates | 37°48′13″N 77°24′27″W / 37.80361°N 77.40750°W / 37.80361; -77.40750 |
| Mouth | York River |
| • location | West Point, King William County |
| • coordinates | 37°31′3″N 76°47′29″W / 37.51750°N 76.79139°W / 37.51750; -76.79139 |
| Length | 93 mi (150 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Anna River |
| • right | South Anna River |
The Pamunkey River is a tributary of the York River, about 93 mi (150 km) long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. Via the York River it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
Course
The Pamunkey River is formed by the confluence of the North Anna and South Anna rivers on the boundary of Hanover and Caroline counties, about 5 mi (8 km) northeast of the town of Ashland. It flows generally southeastwardly past the Pamunkey Indian Reservation to the town of West Point, where it meets the Mattaponi River to form the York River. The river's course is used to define all or portions of the southern boundaries of Caroline and King William counties and the northern boundaries of Hanover and New Kent counties.
Variant names
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names settled on "Pamunkey River" as the river's official name in 1892. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as:
- Pamauncke River
- Pamoeoncock River
- Pamunky River
- Pemaeoncock
- Yough-ta-mund
- Youghtanund
See also
References
- ^ "Pamunkey River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pamunkey River
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (2005). Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-326-5.
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- Rivers of Virginia
- Tributaries of the York River (Virginia)
- Rivers of Caroline County, Virginia
- Rivers of Hanover County, Virginia
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