Accomack County

administration
Accomack County Courthouse
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Accomac
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 388 Accomac, VA 23301-0388
Foundation :	1663
Made up from:	Northampton County
Area code :	001 757
Demographics
Residents :	33,164 (2010)
Population density :	28.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3393 km²
Water surface :	2214 km²
map

Website : www.esva.net/~accomack

Accomack County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 38,305 people and a population density of 32 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Accomac . The name Accomack comes from accawmacke , which means about the water point .

geography

Accomack County is located in the east on the Delmarva Peninsula off Virginia and has an area of 3393 square kilometers, of which 2214 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by Northampton County to the south and the state of Maryland to the north .

history

Accomack County was formed from parts of Northampton County in 1663. Hence the peninsula consisted of two counties. From the colonial era until today, the production of agricultural products was paramount. The first farmers also planted tobacco and later cattle breeding was added. Most of the animals grazed freely on the peninsula as the sea formed a natural barrier. The many small rivers served as waterways to transport the products to Chesapeake Bay or the Atlantic . In 1880 the first railway line was built in this area and new settlements formed along the rails.

Another source of food was fishing, where the early settlers took advantage of the difference in tides at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay without having to go out by boat. The settlers used this type of fishing for several generations. Today there are several oyster beds here.

Worth seeing

Cape Charles Museum - with old railways and steamers
Custis Tomb - preserved and restored buildings along Arlington Creek
Eyre Hall Gardens - a historic property and manor house from 1735, built from stones from England that were carried as ballast on sailing ships.
Barrier Island Center
Ker Place - a mansion built in 1799, authentically restored and converted into a museum
Eastern Shore Railroad Museum - a railroad museum with restored trains from the mid-19th century
NASA-Wallops Visitor Center - all about different Apollo missions
Oyster and Maritime Museum - all about the local fishery and oyster farming that has been going on here since the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861
Refuge Waterfowl Museum - a selection of the water birds that live here

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	13,959	-
1800	15,693	12.4%
1810	15,743	0.3%
1820	15,966	1.4%
1830	16,656	4.3%
1840	17.096	2.6%
1850	17,890	4.6%
1860	18,586	3.9%
1870	20,409	9.8%
1880	24,408	19.6%
1890	27,277	11.8%
1900	32,570	19.4%
1910	36,650	12.5%
1920	34,795	-5.1%
1930	35,854	3%
1940	33,030	-7.9%
1950	33,832	2.4%
1960	30,635	-9.4%
1970	29.004	-5.3%
1980	31,268	7.8%
1990	31,703	1.4%
2000	38,305	20.8%
2010	33.164	-13.4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Accomack County's population was 38,305 as of the 2000 census . 864 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 15,299 households and 10,388 families. The population density was 32 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.38 percent white, 31.56 percent African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 3.57 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.89 percent were from two or more races. 5.38 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Age pyramid of Accomack County

Of the 15,299 households, 28.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 49.2 percent were married couples living together, 14.4 percent were single mothers, 32.1 percent were non-families, 27.7 percent were single households, and 12.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 90.0 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,250 USD , and the median income for a family was 34,821 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,078 versus $ 19,590 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,309. 13.0 percent of families and 18.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line.