Accomack County, Virginia

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Accomack County, Virginia is a rural county on Virginia’s Eastern Shore known for its Atlantic coastline, barrier islands, and role in aerospace activities through facilities like NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Accomack County, Virginia canonical 21
Accomack County 3
Accomac Shire 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county in the United States ⓘ
county of Virginia ⓘ
borderedBy Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Somerset County, Maryland ⓘ
Worcester County, Maryland ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
congressionalDistrict Virginia's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
contains Assateague Island (Virginia portion) ⓘ
Chincoteague Island ⓘ
Wallops Island ⓘ
barrier islands ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Assateague Island National Seashore (Virginia portion) ⓘ
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia portion) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeat Accomac, Virginia ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
seafood industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
FIPSCode 51-001 ⓘ
foundedIn 1663 ⓘ
GNISID 1497470 ⓘ
hasAirport Accomack County Airport ⓘ
hasFeature barrier beach systems ⓘ
coastal wetlands ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
hasMunicipality Accomac, Virginia ⓘ
Chincoteague, Virginia ⓘ
Onancock, Virginia ⓘ
Onley, Virginia ⓘ
Parksley, Virginia ⓘ
hostsFacility Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ
NASA Wallops Flight Facility ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor Atlantic coastline ⓘ
aerospace activities ⓘ
barrier island ecosystems ⓘ
largestTown Chincoteague, Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Shore of Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter Accomac people ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
servedByHighway U.S. Route 13 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallops Flight Facility → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Tangier Island → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Pocomoke River → crosses → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Henry A. Wise → placeOfBirth → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Chincoteague, Virginia → county → Accomack County ⓘ
linked to: Accomack County, Virginia
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Shore of Virginia → composedOf → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Wallops Island → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Pilotless Aircraft Research Station → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
WFF → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia's 2nd congressional district → contains → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Tangier Island Airport → location → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Tangier Combined School → county → Accomack County ⓘ
linked to: Accomack County, Virginia
Onancock, Virginia → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Onancock, Virginia → isCountySeatOf → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Onancock, Virginia → subdivisionName → Accomack County ⓘ
linked to: Accomack County, Virginia
U.S. Route 13 → passesThrough → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Maryland state line → bordersCounty → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Northampton County, Virginia → sharesBorderWith → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Northampton County, Virginia → originalName → Accomac Shire ⓘ
linked to: Accomack County, Virginia
Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority → locatedIn → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Somerset County, Maryland → borders → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Atlantic coast of Virginia → includes → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → runsThrough → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Virginia → contains → Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Virginia