Kinsale, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, US}}

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Kinsale is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.{{Cite web |url= {{GNIS3|1495796}} |title= Kinsale (Westmoreland County, Virginia) |work= Geographic Names Information System |publisher= United States Geological Survey |accessdate= May 12, 2014}} It was named after Kinsale, in Ireland.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n175 176]}}

During the War of 1812, the Royal Marines Battalions raided the entrance to the Yeocomico River, which concluded with the capture of four schooners at the town of Kinsale, Virginia in August, 1814.{{Cite web |url=http://www.modern-day-commando.com/Napoleonic-War-Marines.html |title=Napoleonic War Marines |access-date=2012-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513122742/http://www.modern-day-commando.com/Napoleonic-War-Marines.html |archive-date=2014-05-13 |url-status=dead }}

The Kinsale Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.{{NRISref|version=2010a}} There is a small museum near the town commons dedicated to its history. The community is the location of the headquarters of the Bevans Oyster Company, which is a large employer in the area.{{Cite web |title=Bevans Oyster Co Inc - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0119381Z:US |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}