[24] In 2014, Portsmouth voted 70.05% for Maggie Hassan in the gubernatorial election, 67.34% for Jeanne Shaheen in the senatorial election, and 68.34% for Carol Shea-Porter in the congressional election. Males had a median income of $39,871 versus $33,140 for females.
The racial makeup of the city was 53.3% African American, 41.6% White, 0.4% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races.
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Others were gained by men who were privateers during the War of 1812.
The Confederates burned the shipyard again when they left in May 1862. Portsmouth is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2008, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Portsmouth one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations".
For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. Summers are hot and humid with warm evenings. These passes were issued from the English basement and thus the name "Pass House" was derived. The city is crossed by Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 4, New Hampshire Route 1A, New Hampshire Route 16, and New Hampshire Route 33. The airport is located near Chesapeake Bay, along the city limits of neighboring Norfolk and Virginia Beach. [citation needed].
Companies with headquarters in Portsmouth include packaged software producer Bottomline Technologies and frozen yogurt maker Sweet Scoops. The Union forces withdrew to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads, which was the only land in the area which remained under Union control. For details click here. [17], For the period 2010–14, the city's estimated median annual household income was $67,679, and the median family income was $90,208.
At the town's incorporation in 1653, it was named Portsmouth in honor of the colony's founder, John Mason.
[64] Portsmouth is also home to the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College, a two-year higher education institution founded in 1968 in South Hampton Roads with additional campuses located in Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.
[6] Portsmouth was part of the Triangle Trade, which made significant profits from slavery. The church is located at 424 Washington Street. The current mayor is John Rowe, who was elected November 8, 2016. Boston is 55 miles (89 km) to the south, Portland, Maine, is 53 miles (85 km) to the northeast, and Dover, New Hampshire, is 13 miles (21 km) to the northwest. The Absentee Ballot process is now open for the fall 2020 Election Season. [7], Portsmouth was founded by Colonel William Crawford, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. [65], Portsmouth's daily newspaper is the Virginian-Pilot with The Currents being the Portsmouth edition of the Sunday paper.
Portsmouth is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area.
In 2012, Portsmouth voted 67.56% for Barack Obama in the presidential election, 70.16% for Maggie Hassan in the gubernatorial election, and 68.50% for Carol Shea-Porter in the congressional election.
It now runs on the Mideast Railroad in Ederville in Carthage, North Carolina. The port of Portsmouth declined, but the city survived Victorian-era doldrums, a time described in the works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, particularly in his 1869 novel The Story of a Bad Boy.
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The median age was 40.3 years. [citation needed], A four-story 1825 English basement home furnished entirely with original family belongings.