Weems is a part of Lancaster County, Virginia in the southeastern region of Virginia's Northern Neck peninsula. Located about 120 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., as of 2010, Weems' population is 1,985 people. Each year in September, the local Rotary Foundation sponsors the KIWS Rotary Bay Seafood Festival in the area and admission includes all the seafood you can eat. Businesses in Weems include Premier Sailing School and Moran Creek Studio One of the best places to visit when you are in Weems is its Historic Christ Church, thought to be the "best-preserved and most finely crafted of colonial Virginia's Anglican parish churches." In nearby Irvington, VA, you can visit the White Fences Vineyard and Winery or the Steamboat Era Museum, both less than two miles away. Famous persons from Weems include Robert "King" Carter who was Virginia's most powerful planter.