Cape Charles, Virginia
Cape Charles, Virginia Official seal of Cape Charles, Virginia Location in Northampton County and the state of Virginia.
Location in Northampton County and the state of Virginia.
Coordinates: 37 16 3 N 76 0 51 WCoordinates: 37 16 3 N 76 0 51 W State Virginia Cape Charles is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
Cape Charles, positioned close to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, was established in 1884 as a prepared improve by barns and ferry interests.
Was dredging a new harbor out of a large fresh-water lagoon between King's and Old Plantation creeks in lower Northampton County, and Scott prepared to precarious a new town around it called Cape Charles City.
By 1912 the Corps estimated that Cape Charles harbor handled 2,500,000 tons of freight a year." Industrial landscape in Cape Charles Cape Charles was, for many years, the terminal for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry, providing traveler and car ferry service athwart the bay to Norfolk and Hampton.
The last ferry left Cape Charles in 1963.
Cape Charles still serves as a terminal for stockyards barges that carry rail cars from the former Eastern Shore Railroad which is now Bay Coast Railroad athwart the mouth of the bay to Norfolk.
The town hosted the Northampton Red Sox in the old Eastern Shore Baseball League.
The Cape Charles Historic District and Stratton Manor are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There were 740 housing units at an average density of 201.9 per square mile (77.9/km2).
There were 536 homeholds out of which 21.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 30.4% were married couples residing together, 19.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 48.1% were non-families.
43.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 26.3% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town, the age distribution of the populace shows 22.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 21.5% of families and 28.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 43.4% of those under age 18 and 23.0% of those age 65 or over.
Cape Charles is positioned at 37 16 03 N 76 00 51 W (37.267522, 76.014125). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 4.4 square miles (11.3 km2), of which, 3.7 square miles (9.5 km2) of it is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it (16.06%) is water.
Climate data for Cape Charles, Virginia Johnny Sample, football defensive back, winner of three NFL championships, was from Cape Charles.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Climate Statistics for Cape Charles, Virginia".
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Cape Charles by the Bay tourism & visitor knowledge Cape Charles Wave (online newspaper) Cape Charles, Virginia Guide Cape Charles & Chesapeake Bay Live Webcam Will Thomas, The Countryside Transformed: The Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Creation of a Modern Landscape, Southern Spaces, 31 July 2007.
Cape Charles Municipal Website A finding aid to Historic photographs from Cape Charles, Virginia at Hagley Museum and Library Virginia Towns in Virginia Municipalities and communities of Northampton County, Virginia, United States
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Towns in Northampton County, Virginia - Towns in Virginia - Headlands of Virginia - Populated places on the Chesapeake Bay - Landforms of Northampton County, Virginia - Populated places established in 1884 - 1884 establishments in Virgi
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