Off Freeman Mill Rd, Whaleyville, VA 23438 - Suffolk City County

For immediate assistance with this listing call Danny Graham at 757-613-6059 .

Great Opportunity for a Secluded Home Site or Weekend Getaway Offering Great Hunting and Recreation in Either Case! Call Danny Graham at 757-613-6059 to schedule a showing today!

Great opportunity to own a working farm in the countryside of Suffolk! 52 acres of cleared land and the remainder in tall timber. 52 acres of productive and well drained cropland. A great opportunity for a custom home, horse farm, investment, or weekend getaway. Surrounded by an assortment of timberland and cropland this tract has the diversity to attract wildlife, and deer & turkey are abundant. There is also a stream running along the eastern edge of property draining into lowland areas that create more diversity and wildlife habitat. Smaller field in the rear of the property is ready made for a food plot. This tract is minutes from the southern Suffolk by-pass and from there to all of Hampton Roads without a signal light. A few more minutes to all the amenities that Suffolk offers including shopping, banking, restaurants, and a hospital. Accessed by a 0.8-mile shared path and is a recorded easement from the public road. Electric is on site. Sale is subject to the existing farm lease to include maintaining & harvesting of crops for the 2025 season. Call Danny Graham at 757-613-6059 or email him at dgraham@ to discuss or set up a time to view the property.

Suffolk is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area which also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, as well as other smaller cities, counties, and towns of Hampton Roads. With miles of waterfront property on the Nansemond and James River, present day Suffolk was formed in 1974 after consolidating with Nansemond County and the towns of Holland and Whaleyville.

Suffolk was founded by English colonists in 1742 as a port town on the Nansemond River in the Virginia Colony. Originally known as Constant's Warehouse, for John Constant, Suffolk was renamed after Royal Governor William Gooch's home of Suffolk, a county in East Anglia, England. Before European contact, indigenous American tribes lived in the region for thousands of years. At the time of English settlement, the Nansemond Indians lived along the river. In the early colonial years, the English cultivated tobacco as a commodity crop, but later turned to mixed farming. It became the county seat of Nansemond County in 1750.

Early in its history, Suffolk became a land transportation gateway to the areas east of it in South Hampton Roads. Before the American Civil War, both the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad and the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad were built through Suffolk, early predecessors of 21st century Class 1 railroads operated by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern, respectively. Other railroads and later major highways followed after the war.

Suffolk became an incorporated town in 1808. In 1910, it incorporated as a city and separated from Nansemond County. However, it remained the seat of Nansemond County until 1972, when its former county became the independent city of Nansemond. In 1974, the independent cities of Suffolk and Nansemond merged under Suffolk's name and charter.

Peanuts grown in the surrounding areas became a major industry for Suffolk. Notably, Planters' Peanuts was established in Suffolk beginning in 1912. Suffolk was the 'birthplace' of Mr. Peanut, the mascot of Planters' Peanuts. For many years, the call-letters of local AM radio station WLPM stood for World's Largest Peanut Market.

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