Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 740
Land area (2000): 3.665711 sq. miles (9.494147 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.696563 sq. miles (1.804090 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.362274 sq. miles (11.298237 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12808
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.267522 N, 76.014125 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 23310
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cape Charles
Wikipedia
Cape Charles may refer to:
- Cape Charles, Virginia, a town in Northampton County, Virginia
- Cape Charles (headland), headland or cape in Northampton County, Virginia
See also: Cape St. Charles
Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula and the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay.
Cape Henry, which forms the southern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, and Cape Charles are collectively known as the Virginia Capes.
Usage examples of "cape charles".
Allowing his sailors no time to calculate what this enormous advantage might mean to Gatch, Matt gave one swift glance at his chart and satisfied himself that the battle could be confined to that broad stretch of bay between the York River on the west and Cape Charles on the east, and he was pleased that he would not have to worry about British support ships rushing in from the James River, for its mouth lay well to the south.
Thus it was that Commander Robb of the Cape Charles Coast Guard Station proposed placing a LifeShield aboard a twelve-meter trawler and using it both as bait and as a floating checkpoint.