Cockle Creek
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Cockle Creek is a 3.5 miles (5.6 km) stream in Chincoteague
, Virginia
between Chincoteague Inlet
to the south and Chincoteague Bay
to the north. It was the site of a naval battle during the Civil War, the Battle of Cockle Creek
.
Chincoteague, Virginia
Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
between Chincoteague Inlet
Chincoteague Inlet
Chincoteague Inlet is an inlet on the Eastern Shore of Virginia at the mouth of the Chincoteague Channel between Wallops Island and Assateague Island....
to the south and Chincoteague Bay
Chincoteague Bay
Chincoteague Bay is a lagoon between the Atlantic barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague and the mainland of Worcester County, Maryland and northern Accomack County, Virginia...
to the north. It was the site of a naval battle during the Civil War, the Battle of Cockle Creek
Battle of Cockle Creek
The Battle of Cockle Creek, October 5, 1861, was a minor naval engagement off Chincoteague, Virginia early in the American Civil War.-Background:...
.