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The area later saw action during the American Revolutionary War. During the American Civil War, the narrow neck of land on which Henricus was located was excavated in an attempt to bypass Confederate defensive batteries along the James River, which resulted in Dutch Gap. The channel was later widened, and the old river channel silted-up, forming what is now the 810-acre (3.3 km2) Dutch Gap Conservation Area.
Eventually the exact location of the former town of Henricus was forgotten. The 12-acre (4.9 ha) archeological site in Henrico County was listed as Henrico on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Though archaeological evidence of the actual settlement has not been found (due to the creation of Dutch Gap and other disturbances nearby), a reconstruction based on historical evidence of the settlement has been created nearby as a living history museum, Henricus Historical Park.
The name of Henricus College (1619) has been revived for "American Heritage Research and Continuing Education".
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