Chincoteague, Virginia Chincoteague, Virginia Official seal of Chincoteague, Virginia Location in Accomack County and the state of Virginia.
Location in Accomack County and the state of Virginia.
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Chincoteague (/ ek ti / or / ek ti /) is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S.
The populace was 2,941 at the 2010 census. The town is known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on close-by Assateague Island.
These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite Henry's 1947 children's book Misty of Chincoteague, which was made into the 1961 family film Misty, filmed on location.
2.1 Chincoteague Ponies Chincoteague is positioned at 37 56 5 N 75 22 4 W (37.934673, -75.367805). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 37.3 square miles (96.7 km2), of which 9.1 square miles (23.6 km2) is territory and 28.2 square miles (73.1 km2), or 75.58%, is water. Main article: History of Chincoteague, Virginia The year of 1650 marks the first territory grant issued on Chincoteague Island, for 1,500 acres (6.1 km2).
By 1838, there were 36 homes on the island, and in 1861 the island voted 132-2 not to secede from the Union and against slavery.
The Native American name for the island is Gingoteague, and the name of the town "Chincoteague" first appeared in the Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names in 1943. Following this, most of the island was preserved from evolution as Assateague Island National Seashore in 1965.
Main article: Chincoteague pony Legend has it that the feral ponies on Assateague are descendants of survivors of a Spanish galleon that sank on its way to Spain amid a storm in 1750 off the east coast, but the likelihood is that they are actually descended from domesticated stock, brought to the island by Eastern Shore farmers in the 17th century to avoid fencing requirements and taxation. The actual swim occurs on Wednesday, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company auctions that year's foals on Thursday, and on Friday the remaining ponies swim back to Assateague.
The island includes two exhibitions: Beebe Ranch, and the Museum of Chincoteague Island.
A deer walks along the Snow Goose Pool in the Assateague Island National Seashore, 2006-07-27 In the town, the populace was spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $28,514, and the median income for a family was $33,425.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Chincoteague has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Chincoteague town, Virginia".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chincoteague town, Virginia".
Topping, Mary, comp., Approved Place Names in Virginia: An Index to Virginia Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names through 1969 (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1971), 32.
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Chincoteague, Virginia Media related to Chincoteague Island, Virginia at Wikimedia Commons Town of Chincoteague official website Virginia Towns in Virginia Municipalities and communities of Accomack County, Virginia, United States
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