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Cape Charles, located close to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, was founded in 1884 as a planned community by railroad and ferry interests.In 1883, William Lawrence Scott became president of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company (NYP&N), and purchased three plantations comprising approximately 2,509 acres from the heirs of former Virginia Governor ...
View west along SR 179 at US 13 in Onley. SR 179 begins at Onancock Wharf in the town of Onancock, where the historic Hopkins and Brother Store is located. The road curves back to the east as SR 1023 (King Street) at the head of the peninsula between the North and Central branches of Onancock Creek on which the town is centered.
In the mid-19th century, Onancock was a point along the stagecoach route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville, Virginia. [ 7 ] The Onancock Historic District , Cokesbury Church , Hopkins and Brother Store , and Ker Place are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Several of the ferryboats from the defunct Little Creek-Cape Charles service were used to begin the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, which inaugurated service on July 1, 1964 and carried traffic from U.S. Highway 9 across the 17 miles (27 km) mouth of the Delaware Bay between Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware. [9]
Bloxom depot, Cape Charles, Virginia. The Eastern Shore of Virginia is the easternmost region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It consists of two counties (Accomack and Northampton) on the Atlantic coast. It is detached from the mainland of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay.
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway established in 1926 that runs for 518 miles (834 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, north to US 1 in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia.
STAR Transit is a transit agency serving the two counties on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Accomack and Northampton.STAR Transit provides local fixed route bus and paratransit services.
Cape Charles, Virginia, with connection to ferry to Norfolk, Virginia: Distance travelled: 219 miles (352 km) (Philadelphia - Cape Charles) Average journey time: Southbound (Philadelphia - Cape Charles): 5 hours, 50 minutes; northbound: 5 hours, 45 minutes: Service frequency: Daily: Train number(s) Southbound: 455 Northbound: 454: On-board services