Nickname	The Old Dominion
Founded	May 13, 1607 at Jamestown; first permanent English settlement in North America
Date Joined the Union	June 25, 1788 (10th state to ratify the Constitution)
Capitals	Richmond (since 1780) Williamsburg (1699-1780) Jamestown (1607-1699)
Population	7,078,515
Area	40,767 Square Miles
Official State Emblems	Beverage - Milk Bird - Cardinal Boat - Chesapeake Bay Deadrise Dog - Foxhound Fish - Brook Trout Floral Emblem - Dogwood Folk Dance - Square Dancing Insect - Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Shell - Oyster Flower - Dogwood Blossom Tree - Dogwood Fossil - Chesapacten jeffersonius Motto - Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants) State Song Emeritus - "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"