Middlesex County / Gloucester County
Middlesex County
Area 146 Square Miles
Formed in 1673 from Lancaster, and named for an English County. Rosegill, frequented by colonial governors, is here.
Gloucester County
Area 223 Square Miles
Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England, Bacon, the rebel, died in this county, 1676. Gloucester Point was the outpost of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781.
Marker is on US 17, in the median.
Courtesy hmdb.org
