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Chincoteague ( or ) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S. The town includes the collection of Chincoteague Island and an area of bordering water. The population was 2,941 at the 2010 census. The town is known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually upon the island of Chincoteague but upon nearby Assateague Island. These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite Henry’s 1947 children’s book Misty of Chincoteague, which was made into the 1961 relations film Misty, filmed on location.

Chincoteague is located at 37°56′5″N 75°22′4″W / 37.93472°N 75.36778°W / 37.93472; -75.36778 (37.934673, −75.367805). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total Place of 37.3 square miles (96.7 km), of which 9.1 square miles (23.6 km) is home and 28.2 square miles (73.1 km²), or 75.58%, is water. It lies at an elevation of three feet.

Chincoteague was a barrier island until the mid-1800s, when Assateague migrated hence far south that it shielded Chincoteague from the ocean. The year of 1650 marks the first land assent issued upon Chincoteague Island, for 1,500 acres (6.1 km). Daniel Jenifer became the first English landowner. In 1671, settlers came to the island, and by 1672 there were large farms by Bishops, Bowdens, Jesters and Tarrs. By 1838, there were 36 houses upon the island. In 1861, with the Civil War looming following the attack on Fort Sumter, the island voted 132-2 not to secede from the Union and next to slavery. The town motto minor play in in the deed via the Battle of Cockle Creek, which was fought in the niche in 1861.