Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 180 square miles (466.2 km2), of which 143 square miles (370.4 km2) is land, and 37 square miles (95.8 km2) (20.47%) is water. The James City County GIS office specifies the county as being 115,011.9 Acres
James City County straddles two major watersheds, the James River Watershed and the York River Watershed. (Both are sub watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which stretches from Pennsylvania to Virginia). Within the James River and York watersheds are eleven sub watersheds: Diascund Creek, Ware Creek, Yarmouth Creek, Gordon Creek, Powhatan Creek, Mill Creek, College Creek, James River, York River, Skiffe's Creek and Chickahominy River.
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