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    Onancock (/oʊˈnænkɒk/ oh-NAN-kok) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2010 census. According to a nearby...
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    Ralph Northam (category People from Onancock, Virginia)
    two years, Thomas, were raised on a water-side farm, just outside Onancock, Virginia. The family grew a variety of crops and tended livestock on their...
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    Reedville, Virginia, on the Western Shore, leaving Reedville at 10:00 am and leaving Tangier at 2:00 pm. The ferry service to and from Onancock, Virginia on the...
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    Onancock Historic District is a national historic district located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. The district encompasses 267 contributing buildings...
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    across Chesapeake Bay. The modern ferry only travels between nearby Onancock, Virginia and Tangier Island. During the American Civil War, the Union Army...
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    Ker Place (category Onancock, Virginia)
    sometimes spelled Kerr Place, is a historic home located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1799, and is a two-story, five-bay rectangular...
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    Cokesbury Church (category Onancock, Virginia)
    historic Methodist church located at 13 Market Street in Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1854, as a one-story, Greek Revival-style...
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    located on a tower off US 13 in unincorporated Mappsville licensed to Onancock, and the other two licensed to unincorporated Craddockville on a tower...
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  • WESR (AM) (category 1958 establishments in Virginia)
    music–formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Onley-Onancock, Virginia, serving Eastern Shore of Virginia. WESR is owned and operated by Eastern Shore Radio...
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    Battle of Kedges Strait (category Onancock, Virginia)
    November 30, 1782 near Tangier Sound in Chesapeake Bay near the town of Onancock, Virginia, between naval militia forces of the rebellious British colony of...
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    Willy Wise (category People from Onancock, Virginia)
    (born January 29, 1967) is a retired American professional boxer from Onancock, Virginia. Wise has an IBO world title, but is best known for his 1999 upset...
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    Hopkins and Brother Store (category Onancock, Virginia)
    Brother Store is a historic commercial building located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It is a simple frame structure consisting of a two-storey...
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    highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Fairgrounds Road, the state highway runs 1.38 miles (2.22 km) from SR 179 in Onancock east to U.S. Route 13 Business...
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  • INC". PARKSLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC. "Fire | Town of Onancock, Virginia". www.onancock.com. "About Us". "About". East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Co....
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    state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 2.94 miles (4.73 km) from SR 1023 in Onancock east to U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13...
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  • Edward K. Snead (category Virginia lawyers)
    George's, Accomack County, Virginia Turman, Nora Miller (1964). The Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1603-1964. Onancock, Virginia: Eastern Shore News. pp. 185–186...
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    Francis Makemie (category People from colonial Virginia)
    founded in Accomac, Virginia (named after the founder), as well as bought a disused Methodist church nearby in Onancock, Virginia and after demolishing...
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    destination for fishing and guided trips out to the wild barrier islands. Onancock, a harbor town on the Chesapeake Bay, has a ferry service to Tangier Island...
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  • (1330 AM) licensed to Onley-Onancock, Virginia, United States WESR-FM, a radio station (103.3 FM) licensed to Onley, Virginia, United States This disambiguation...
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  • The Virginia Defense Force (VDF) is the official state defense force of Virginia, one of the three components of Virginia's state military along with...
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  • John Custis Sr. (burgess) (category Merchants from colonial Virginia)
    Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography vol.1. pp. 135–136. Jeane per Tyler Nora Miller Turman, The Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1603-1964 (Onancock, Virginia, The Eastern...
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    National Register of Historic Places. Dredge #2. Ethel Lewis Built in Onancock, Virginia in 1906. Burned in 2010 after it was determined to be beyond repair...
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    Virginia 1603-1964. Onancock, VA: The Eastern Shore News, Inc. p. 203. Turman, Nora Miller (1964). The Eastern Shore of Virginia 1603-1964. Onancock,...
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  • Police Department Narrows Police Department Occoquan Police Department Onancock Police Department Onley Police Department Orange Police Department Parksley...
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  • complete list of towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. An incorporated town in Virginia is the equivalent of a city in most other states...
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  • Josh Nolz (category People from Onancock, Virginia)
    Joshua "Josh" Nolz (born April 13, 1980, in Onancock, Virginia) is a former American midfielder. He was a member of the United States national beach soccer...
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  • third-longest length of service. Cahall married Elanora Richardson Powell, of Onancock, Virginia, in April 1900. They had no children. He was a freemason and member...
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    WESR-FM (category 1968 establishments in Virginia)
    oldies-formatted radio station licensed to Onley and Onancock, Virginia, serving the Eastern Shore of Virginia. WESR-FM is owned and operated by Eastern Shore...
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  • Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (category People from Onancock, Virginia)
    years in prison for rape and murder. Bohannan-Sheppard was born in Onancock, Virginia, a small town on the Eastern Shore. She was the oldest of seven children...
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  • Tommy Scott (coach) (category People from Onancock, Virginia)
    graduate of Maury High School in Norfolk, and then a 1930 graduate of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. While at VMI, he played left end for the...
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