{"id":12387,"count":1,"description":"Tappahannock is the oldest town in Essex County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,068 at the 2000 census. Located on the Rappahannock River, Tappahannock is the county seat of Essex County. Its name comes from the Algonquian language word lappihanne (also noted as toppehannock), meaning \"Town on the rise and fall of water\" or \"where the tide ebbs and flows.\" In 1608 John Smith landed in Tapphannock but was driven back by the local Native American tribe.\nTappahannock is located at Segen 37\u00b055\u203220\u2033N 76\u00b051\u203247\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff37.92222\u00b0N 76.86306\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 37.92222; -76.86306 (37.922180, -76.863158).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.7\u00a0square miles (6.9\u00a0km\u00b2), of which, 2.6\u00a0square miles (6.8\u00a0km\u00b2) of it is land and 0.1\u00a0square miles (0.2\u00a0km\u00b2) of it (2.99%) is water.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,068 people, 857 households, and 495 families residing in the town. The population density was 793.6 people per square mile (305.9\/km\u00b2). There were 946...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/tappahannock\/","name":"Tappahannock","slug":"tappahannock","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/12387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=12387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}