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Weems is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Virginia, founded in 1886.

Weems was first drawn as a census-designated place before the 2020 census, and the 2020 census counted 184 residents.

The community sits at the end of Virginia State Route 222 (Weems Road) on the north bank of the tidal Rappahannock River, where it is joined by Carter Creek.

Christ Church, physically located in Weems, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

The present Christ Church was built in 1732–1735, funded by wealthy planter Robert "King" Carter, and is the only colonial Virginia church that still has its original high-backed pews and one of only two with its original three-tiered pulpit.

The first church on the site was a wooden building funded by John Carter in 1670; Carter died before it was finished and was buried on the church grounds alongside four of his five wives.

The church was connected to Robert Carter's Corotoman plantation, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, by a cedar-lined road emphasizing the family's importance.

Weems is a small, mostly residential community that operates waterside businesses and is a popular spot for sailors berthing or entering the Chesapeake Bay.

Historic Christ Church is now operated as a museum by the Foundation for Historic Christ Church, with religious services still held on summer Sunday mornings.