the United States, by virtue of Jamestown (which usually claims this distinction) having been abandoned for two days in June 1610, and also because after 1698, when the capital of the Virginia colony and the parish seat moved from James town to Williamsburg, the buildings at Jamestown, including the church, were abandoned. Town of Kecoughtan (20th century) In an area immediately to the southwest of the original settlement, the incorporated town of Kecoughtan was formed on January 1, 1916 within Elizabeth City County. It was located between Salters Creek and Hampton Roads and was developed by the Newport News, Hampton, and Old Point Development Company. The major business located in the town was Elizabeth Buxton Hospital. It was served by Woodrow Wilson School and a town hall and firestation. Eleven years later it was annexed by the independent city of Newport News on January 1, 1927. At that time the town's population was 1,198 and the total length of its streets five miles. The hard surface roadway connecting the area to the city of Hampton opened in 1910 and was named Kecoughtan Road for the town. It was incorporated into US Route 60. See also Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia References William and Mary archaeological study of site of Kecoughtan Archaeological sites in Virginia Former municipalities in Virginia Populated places in colonial Virginia Lost Native American populated places in the United States Geography of Hampton, Virginia Powhatan Confederacy