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Chincoteague (/ ˌʃɪŋkəˈtiːɡ / or / ˈʃɪŋkətiːɡ /) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. [5] The town is a tourist gateway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on adjacent Assateague Island, [6] the location of a popular ...
The Virginia Barrier Island Center (BIC) offers exhaustive information on the local culture and history. Founded in 1996 and opened to visitors in 2002 on the former site of the Almshouse Farm in Machipongo 10 miles south of the town of Exmore and 20 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the BIC is a cultural center, a museum and a ...
Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, in the South Hampton Roads subregion of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, United States. The population was 8,533 at the 2020 census. The town is most famous for the curing and production of the Smithfield ham. The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute defining "Smithfield ham" by law in 1926, with one of the requirements that it be ...
Honaker is located in the Clinch River watershed. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km 2), all land.
Suffolk (locally / ˈsʌfʊk / SUF-uuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of 2020, the population was 94,324. 4 It is the 10th-most populous city in Virginia, the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as well as the 14th-largest in the country. 5 Suffolk is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Clintwood, Virginia was founded in 1829 by John "Holly Creek John" Mullins. [9] In June 1948, the town of Clintwood elected an all-female town council for the period from 1948 to 1950. The "Petticoat Government", as it was nicknamed, implemented change in many areas, including cleanup of the town, eliminating parking problems, organizing a systematic garbage disposal system, eliminating ...
Grimstead is an unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. Grimstead is located on Gwynn's Island, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northeast of Mathews. Grimstead has a post office with ZIP code 23064. [2]
New Market is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Founded as a small crossroads trading town in the Shenandoah Valley, it has a population of 2,155 as of the most recent 2020 U.S. census.