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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 recreational beach and home of the Virginia herd of Chincoteague Ponies .
The rows of folding chairs lining Main Street of the town of Chincoteague, and the meandering tracks of mud boots in the marsh of the Virginia coast tell the story of another pony pending.
The town of Accomac serves as the county seat, while Chincoteague is the largest town in the county. [1] The area was named for the Accawmack Indians, who resided in the area when the English first explored it in 1603. The region was known as "Accomac Shire" until it was renamed Northampton County in 1642. The present Accomack County was then ...
The 2007 pony swim. The history of human activity in Chincoteague, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, begins with the Native Americans.Until European explorers possessed the island in the late 17th century, the Chincoteague Indians used it as a place to gather shellfish, but are not known to have lived there; Chincoteague Island lacked suitable soil for their agriculture.
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel, the 99th year of the popular tradition.
The town provides a free Pony Swim Shuttle service, beginning at 5 a.m. The Pony Shuttle runs between various locations on Chincoteague Island and Veterans Memorial Park.
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Chincoteague Fire Department, a historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chincoteague High School, a public high school in Accomack County, Virginia; Chincoteague Island Library, an historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chincoteague Pony, breed of wild pony living on Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia