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West side of Chincoteague at sunrise. / 37.93472°N 75.36778°W / 37.93472; -75.36778. Chincoteague ( / ˌʃɪŋkəˈtiːɡ / or / ˈʃɪŋkətiːɡ /) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S. 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 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.
The Chincoteague pony, also known as the Assateague horse, is a breed of horse that developed, and now lives, within a semi-feral or feral population on Assateague Island in the US states of Virginia and Maryland. The Chincoteague pony is one of the many breeds of feral horses in the United States. The breed was made famous by the Misty of ...
Marguerite Henry ( née Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) [ 2][ 3][ 4] was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. [ 5]
In 2016, the first foal and Misty of Chincoteague descendant since 1972 was born on Beebe Ranch. The black pinto filly was born to 5th-generation Misty descendant and Chincoteague pony Nightmist's Little Angel - a bay pinto mare with some Thoroughbred and American Paint Horse blood - and was named "Angel's Stormy Drizzle" (or "Drizzle") by her ...
Pony Penning. Pony Penning, sometimes known as Pony Penning Days, Pony Penning Week, or Pony Swim, is an annual event held in Chincoteague, Virginia on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The Chincoteague Fire Department conducts the event, which consists of a pony swim on Wednesday and a pony auction on Thursday for the main ...
A real hidden gem on the shores of eastern Virginia (although you may know it from Marguerite Henry’s 1947 novel Misty of Chincoteague), this remote island with its quaint, waterside town makes ...
The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (57 km 2) wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It is primarily located on the Virginia half of Assateague Island with portions (only about 3%) located on the Maryland side of the island, as well as Morris Island and Wildcat Marsh.