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The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties (Accomack
Accomack County, Virginia

Accomack County, formerley Accomac Shire, is a county located in the Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 38,305....
 and Northampton
Northampton County, Virginia

Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth " — of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 13,093....
) on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula

The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States of the United States, occupied by portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia....
 and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
. Terrain is very flat throughout, and dominated by cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, soybean
Soybean

The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia. The plant is classed as an oilseed rather than a Pulse . It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component of drugs....
, vegetable and truck farming, and large scale chicken farms. There are many barrier islands. At the northern end of the Atlantic side are the beach community of Chincoteague
Chincoteague, Virginia

Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 United States Census....
, famous for its wild ponies
Chincoteague Pony

The Chincoteague Pony is a hardy breed that developed on Assateague Island, which is off the Atlantic coast of Maryland and Virginia. The ponies live in a feral condition on Assateague, and the National Park Service manages the Maryland herd while the Chincoteague Fire Department owns and manages the Virginia herd....
; and Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility , located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by the NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other federal agencies....
, a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 space launch base.






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The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties (Accomack
Accomack County, Virginia

Accomack County, formerley Accomac Shire, is a county located in the Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 38,305....
 and Northampton
Northampton County, Virginia

Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth " — of Virginia. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 13,093....
) on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula

The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States of the United States, occupied by portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia....
 and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
. Terrain is very flat throughout, and dominated by cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, soybean
Soybean

The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia. The plant is classed as an oilseed rather than a Pulse . It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component of drugs....
, vegetable and truck farming, and large scale chicken farms. There are many barrier islands. At the northern end of the Atlantic side are the beach community of Chincoteague
Chincoteague, Virginia

Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 United States Census....
, famous for its wild ponies
Chincoteague Pony

The Chincoteague Pony is a hardy breed that developed on Assateague Island, which is off the Atlantic coast of Maryland and Virginia. The ponies live in a feral condition on Assateague, and the National Park Service manages the Maryland herd while the Chincoteague Fire Department owns and manages the Virginia herd....
; and Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility , located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by the NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other federal agencies....
, a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 space launch base. Tangier Island
Tangier Island

Tangier Island is an island in lower Chesapeake Bay in the United States.Tangier Island is a part of Accomac County, Virginia in eastern Virginia....
, off the western shore in Chesapeake Bay, is also a day tourist destination.

The Eastern Shore, geographically removed from the rest of Virginia, has had a unique history of settlement and development that can be charted to agriculture, fishing, tourism and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad was an United States railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy," the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
. William G. Thomas describes the Eastern Shore during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as "a highly complex and interdependent landscape." He continues: "It was a liminal place, a zone of interpenetration, where the settlement patterns, speech, demography, and political outcomes defined its place in the South but its engagement with technology and rapid transformation of the landscape betrayed other allegiances, motives, forces, and effects."

The 23-mile (37-km) long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a 23-mile long fixed link that connects the Delmarva Peninsula with southeastern Virginia in the United States....
 and U.S. Highway 13 span the mouth of the Bay and connect the Eastern Shore to metropolitan Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay....
 and the rest of the state.

See also

  • Eastern Shore of Maryland
    Eastern Shore of Maryland

    The Eastern Shore of Maryland is composed of the American state's nine counties that are east of the Chesapeake Bay. They are Caroline County, Maryland, Cecil County, Maryland, Dorchester County, Maryland, Kent County, Maryland, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, Somerset County, Maryland, Talbot County, Maryland, Wicomico County, Maryland, Wor...


External links

  • William G. Thomas Southern Spaces July 31, 2007.