Welcome to Chincoteague ...Chincoteague is located in Accomack County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Chincoteague, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Chincoteague has a population of 2,877 people<2> (see below for details). Chincoteague is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Chincoteague lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Chincoteague: 757 & 948<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Chincoteague had an population of 2,877 people. This is a decrease of 2.18% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 33.36% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Chincoteague had a population of 2,941 people (or 8.87% of the total population of Accomack County). This makes Chincoteague the county's most populous community. The population of Chincoteague represents 0.04% of the population of Virginia (which has 8,001,024 people), making it the state's 80th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,941 people, the population of Chincoteague decreased 31.87% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 4,317 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Chincoteague. Websites for Chincoteague ...Official Website: www.chincoteague-va.gov/ Communities near Chincoteague ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chincoteague.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Chincoteague. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chincoteague. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chincoteague. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chincoteague. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chincoteague. See our Newspapers Page for Chincoteague. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chincoteague ...Looking for more information about Chincoteague? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Chincoteague, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chincoteague. Adding Chincoteague to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Chincoteague in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Chincoteague was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Chincoteague. Footnotes ...
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