History of Chincoteague, Virginia
Summary
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. The island's name derives from those early visitors: by one popular tale, chincoteague meant "Beautiful land across the water" in their language.
Originally created by Wehwalt
10/9/2013, 12:52:23 PM
Modified
4/29/2026, 2:24:43 AM
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No great need to have three images at the top
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1307951513|1307951513]] by [[Special:Contributions/Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) then you change the position of the ONE image you feel so strongly about, you don't revert the entire edit!
rv, the image of the pony swim symbolizes Chincoteague in much clearer way than a map
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a history page should not contain coordinates
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v2.05 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - [[WP:DPL|(You can help)]] - [[Misty of Chincoteague]]
changed words in the 1962 section (from "went to" to "who travelled")
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Moving [[:Category:History by islands]] to [[:Category:History by island]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 8#Category:Categories by islands]]
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Reverting edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/38.77.26.174|38.77.26.174]] ([[User_talk:38.77.26.174|talk]]) to rev. 1101263540 by Paul Erik: [[WP:VANDAL|Vandalism]] [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
Reverted edits by [[Special:Contribs/Ozuna 2002|Ozuna 2002]] ([[User talk:Ozuna 2002|talk]]) to last version by Maximajorian Viridio
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/* Tourist destination (since 1962) */
