Editing Gloucester County, Virginia (section)

===Modern day===
Gloucester is a growing and increasingly changing county that is an integral part of the [[Hampton Roads]] metropolitan area. Growth in the [[Virginia Peninsula|Peninsula area]] has encouraged development in the [[Gloucester Point, Virginia|Gloucester Point]] and the [[Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia|Courthouse]] regions of Gloucester. Gloucester's Main Street and [[U.S. Route 17 in Virginia|U.S. Route 17]] have served as vital corridors of commercial and community growth in the county. Between 1970 and 2000, the county's population grew by over 60% and this additional influx of new residents encouraged mass commercial and residential development, and subsequently has become an important commercial center for the [[Middle Peninsula]], upper [[Hampton Roads]], and the [[Northern Neck]] areas.

[[Canon Inc.|Canon Virginia]] has a recycling facility in the [[White Marsh, Virginia|White Marsh]] area of the county,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvi.canon.com/Business_Operations/Recycling_Operations_categoryLandingPage.shtml|title=Canon Virginia, Inc.|website=www.cvi.canon.com|access-date=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601085438/http://www.cvi.canon.com/Business_Operations/Recycling_Operations_categoryLandingPage.shtml|archive-date=June 1, 2016}}</ref> which processes old printer cartridges and recycle their parts for new cartridges.  [[Peace Frogs]], based near [[Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia|Gloucester Courthouse]] is an apparel brand that makes a full line of apparel and accessories sporting frog designs.

The [[Virginia Institute of Marine Science]] is based in [[Gloucester Point, Virginia|Gloucester Point]]. VIMS is the [[College of William & Mary]]'s Marine Science post-graduate school.

Despite an influx in development, Gloucester still maintains a large amount of rural and farmland (especially in the northern end of the county) which contributes to the county's rich agricultural tradition.

Gloucester County's Comprehensive Plan<ref>{{cite web|title=Gloucester County Comprehensive Plan|url=http://gloucesterva.info/Portals/0/planning/documents/CompPlanUpdate/Full%20Comprehensive%20Plan%20ADOPTED%202016.pdf?ver=2016-04-28-135924-857|publisher=Gloucester County, Virginia|access-date=May 18, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616173746/http://gloucesterva.info/Portals/0/planning/documents/CompPlanUpdate/Full%20Comprehensive%20Plan%20ADOPTED%202016.pdf?ver=2016-04-28-135924-857|archive-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> cites both [[Gloucester Point, Virginia|Gloucester Point]] and [[Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia|Gloucester Courthouse]] as development districts.