New Kent, Virginia

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Virginia, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} thumb|A view along New Kent Highway thumb|Union Army camp at Cumberland Landing, May 1862 '''New Kent''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of New Kent County, Virginia, United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population as of the 2020 Census was 739.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Kent CDP, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US5155800|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>

Cumberland Landing, Cumberland Plantation, and the Cumberland Marsh Natural Area Preserve are near New Kent.

Criss Cross and St. Peter's Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and New Kent High School and George W. Watkins High School are National Historic Landmarks.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Notable people==

* Jamion Christian, former head coach, men's basketball, George Washington University (DC). * Jarrell Christian, head coach, Maine Celtics. * Letitia Christian Tyler, the first wife of President John Tyler and first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842. * Anthony G. Crutchfield, Army lieutenant general * Martha Washington, George Washington's wife and first First Lady of the United States of America.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2010= 239 |2020= 739 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusVA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Virginia|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

New Kent was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=2010CensusVA/>

===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" |+'''New Kent CDP, Virginia - Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Race / Ethnicity !Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - New Kent CDP, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5155800&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - New Kent CDP, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5155800&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2010 !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |197 |574 |82.43% |77.67% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |23 |77 |9.62% |10.42% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |0 |1 |0.00% |0.14% |- |Asian alone (NH) |1 |5 |0.42% |0.68% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |1 |0.00% |0.14% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |5 |0.00% |0.68% |- |Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) |12 |38 |5.02% |5.14% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |6 |38 |2.51% |5.14% |- |'''Total''' |'''239''' |'''739''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |} ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

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