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Portsmouth (City and countyseat of Norfolk)

a city and countyseat of Norfolk co., Va.; on the Elizabeth river, and on the Seaboard Air Line, the Chesapeake and Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line, and the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroads; opposite Norfolk. It is the seat of a naval hospital and marine barracks, and in Gosport, on the S. E. edge of the city, is the Norfolk Navy Yard. The harbor is one of the best on the coast, and is accessible by the largest vessels. It has a steamboat line to Baltimore, and regular water connections with the chief coast cities of the United States. Here are street railroads, electric lights, an academy and seminary, the shops of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, etc. With NORFOLK (q. v.) Portsmouth was a naval station of great importance during the World War. Portsmouth exports large quantities of cotton, lumber, fruits, naval stores, etc. Pop. (1910) 33,190; (1920) 54,387. about 6,000,000.